Tag Archives: M. Bundschuh

Does the aging of nanoparticles modulate the ecotoxicity of metals?

Multigenerational dietary exposure study design 

In this blog post, Rajdeep Roy and his colleagues address the impacts of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nTiO2)-aging on the ecotoxicity of metals. This is done by employing acute waterborne and multigenerational dietary exposures. 

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Highlights of 2023 (Part 2)

In this second and final installment of the ‘Highlights of 2023’ series, we give our readers a glance of another 3 most visited posts in this year. 

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The Impact of Pesticides on Biodiversity: A Case Study of Banana Production in Costa Rica

In this blog post, Carsten Brühl is explaining the background and findings of a review produced together with colleagues of the Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET) at Universidad Nacional (UNA), in Costa Rica that focusses on pesticide use in banana plantations and addresses exposure and effects in environment and human health. The review is the result of a DFG – Conare collaboration funding.

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Antibiotics as a silent driver of climate change?

In this blog post, Eric Bollinger provides a brief overview of their recently published paper regarding the effects of antibiotics on methane production in sediments. The study links topics from ecotoxicology, environmental physics, and molecular ecology in the context of climate change.

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