In this post, Matthias Liess introduces their recently published paper “Predicting low-concentration effects of pesticides”.
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Biodiversity crisis in agricultural landscapes: Caused by insufficient testing of pesticides?
In this post, Carsten Brühl discusses their recently published paper “Biodiversity decline as an inappropriate environmental risk assessment of pesticides”.
Continue readingAre flower-visiting insects sufficiently protected by the European pesticide risk assessment?
In this post, Philipp Uhl talks about their recently published paper “The Impact of Pesticides on Flower‐Visiting Insects: A Review with Regard to European Risk Assessment”.
Continue readingAMEO in Paris: Ecotox students test potential endocrine distruptors
For the “Applied Module at External Organizations” (AMEO), Ecotox students complete an eight-week internship at an external university, governmental or industrial research institute. In this post, Manuel Ayala-Velázquez reports on his internship at the Université Pierre et Marie-Curie (UPMC), now Sorbonne Université.
Continue readingWhat’s driving insecticide pollution in agricultural surface waters?
In this post, Jakob Wolfram talks about his most recent paper “Insecticide Risks in United States Surface Waters: Drivers and Spatiotemporal Modeling”. This publication analyzed the drivers of insecticide nonpoint source pollution and used a modelling approach to identify regions in the U.S. where surface waters may be at risk.
Continue readingAbstract submission open for 9th SETAC YES meeting in Texas in March 2020
Submit your abstract to the 9th SETAC Young Environmental Scientists (YES) meeting in Waco, Texas, USA, from 9-11 March, 2020, themed “New times, new science”.
Continue readingIs the red mason bee an adequate regulatory surrogate for the honey bee?
In this post, Philipp Uhl talks about his recently published paper “Is Osmia bicornis an adequate regulatory surrogate? Comparing its acute contact sensitivity to Apis mellifera“.
Continue readingHow strong is the evidence for pesticide-effects on stream macroinvertebrates?
In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about his recently published paper in which he discusses the overall evidence of effects on stream invertebrates based on studies from the last decades and future research avenues.
Continue readingReminder: Abstract submission deadline for SETAC GLB conference in Landau approaching!
This post is a brief reminder that the deadline for submitting abstracts for the SETAC GLB meeting in Landau, July 15, is drawing near.
Continue readingOnline Course: Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment
From August 1 to October 31, 2019, Landau’s Institute for Environmental Sciences is hosting its “International Online Summer Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment – Using an Open Community Approach”.
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