The Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) has recently detected high PFAS levels in 42 out of 46 drinking water samples collected from households across Germany. They now call for a comprehensive PFAS restriction and consistent application of the polluter pays principle to protect drinking water.
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The Joint Research Centre (JRC), which provides independent, evidence-based knowledge and science, supporting EU policies to positively impact society is looking for a water quality modeller.
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The Federal Institute for Hydrology invites applications for the positions of PhD and Research Associate (PostDoc) under a project focussing on water pollution.
Continue readingThe Ministry for Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia is offering a position in water protection with focus on chemical contaminants.
Continue readingThe Department of Zoology at Oxford University, UK, is hiring a PostDoc researcher in multiple stressor ecology for three years, beginning in January 2021.
Continue readingSenckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN) and the Natural History Museum Frankfurt are jointly looking for a PhD researcher in river ecosystem management with focus on an ecotoxicological evaluation system for running waters.
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The EU project LimnoPlast is hosting a free webinar series called #microplastinar, “Moving from Sources to Solutions for Microplastics”, starting in November 2020.
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The Research Training Group SystemLink at University of Koblenz-Landau, funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), currently offers several master theses.
Continue readingThe Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) has a vacancy for a 2-year PostDoc position in water quality data analysis within its Department of Environmental Chemistry.
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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.
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