In this post, Sebastian Stehle informs about their recent paper “Aquatic pesticide exposure in the U.S. as a result of non-agricultural uses“.
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Science in Seoul: A visit at the 5th Annual IIES Science & Policy Workshop
Suitcase packed, 14-hour flight, welcome to Seoul! In this post, Verena reports on her experiences at the 5th Annual IIES Science & Policy Workshop at Korea University in November 2019.
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University of Trier is looking for a scientist in environmental toxicology and chemical risk assessment.
Continue readingBiodiversity 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 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 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”.
Continue readingCourse on using GUTS models in risk assessment in Wageningen, Oct. 16-18, 2019
Wageningen University & Research offers the hands-on training course “Using the General Unified Threshold Model of Survival (GUTS) in risk assessment of plant protection products” in Wageningen from October 16-18, 2019.
Continue readingClosing the gap between intention and reality in pesticide risk assessment
In this post, Ralf B. Schäfer talks about their recently published policy paper in which they suggest a new framework for pesticide authorization that meets the goal of protecting biodiversity.
Continue reading1-year position in Ecological Modelling at Ghent University
The Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology at Ghent University is offering a 1-year project on population models to improve ecological risk assessment of nickel.
Continue readingLandau students visit the 8th Annual SETAC YES Meeting
Sebastian Pietz reports about this year’s SETAC YES Meeting (= Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry’s Young Environmental Scientists Meeting), which was held in Ghent, Belgium, from February 5-10, 2019.
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