The documentary made by a Canadian team is the first of its kind that summarises the ecological impact of Bti use in mosquito control and also reflects on associated costs and benefits for the people. The video is now available on YouTube with subtitles of any language, so that everyone can watch and understand it.
Continue reading In this blog, Carsten Brühl highlights the recent Canadian TV production on the biocide Bti used for mosquito control, filmed partly in Landau.
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In this blog, Carsten Brühl and his co-authors are introducing a review paper on the environmental and socioeconomic effects of mosquito control in Europe using the biocide Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) that is an outcome of a workshop held in Landau.
Continue readingBirmingham City University (BCU) is hiring a PhD student to improve the hydraulic and hydrologic design of constructed wetlands within its Environment & Policy research group.
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In this post, Carsten Brühl informs about their recently published paper “Decreasing Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis sensitivity of Chironomus riparius larvae with age indicates potential environmental risk for mosquito control”.
The James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, is offering three PostDoc positions in the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER). Continue reading
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh talks about their recently published paper “Mitigation of fungicide pollution in detention ponds and vegetated ditches within a vine-growing area in Germany”. Continue reading