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09.01.2023
 

In this study led by Gabriel Sigmund, in collaboration with colleagues from the Ithaka Institute for Carbon Strategies and Agroscope, the physical...

02.01.2023
 

Edible plants, such as lettuce, can take up chemicals released from tire wear particles. Tire wear particles reach agricultural fields through the...

20.12.2022
 

Mercury (Hg) release from contaminated legacy sites is a large contributor to riverine ecosystems and can represent a significant local and regional...

15.12.2022
 

Asbestos fibers are carcinogenic minerals that have abundantly been used in different industrial settings and in consumer applications. Much of the...

15.12.2022
 

Asbestos fibers are carcinogenic minerals that induce non-malignant and malignant diseases after inhalation.

 

In this publication, Stephan Kraemer...

06.12.2022
 

Chemical pollution is a major threat to biodiversity. This has been acknowledged in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, but, as it stands,...

30.11.2022
 

Currently available polyurethanes are not (yet) biodegradable and should therefore be recycled, but unintentionally released microplastics from these...

29.11.2022
 

Aquatic fate models and risk assessment require information on contaminants' affinity for riverine suspended particulate matter (SPM). Particulate...

24.11.2022
 

The Global Monitoring Consortium, involving EDGE members, has received the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Award 2022 in the category...

04.11.2022
 

Florence Lehutso joined EDGE as a postdoctoral researcher in October 2022. She will be working as part of the project "OECD test guideline development...

03.11.2022
 

asmine Thekkumthott Athil joined EDGE as a part time technician in October 2022, supporting supporting the lab team. She obtained her BSc in Food...

03.10.2022
 

Phthalic acid esters (phthalates) are crucial plasticizers for the flexibility of plastic products, especially polyvinyl chloride (PVC). They have...

03.10.2022
 

Organic soil amendments such as compost or biochar can change the dynamics of nutrients and pollutants in the soil: Researchers from EDGE partnered up...

19.09.2022
 

Jessica Drozdz joined EDGE in August 2022 as a student assistant for Thilo Hofmann. She will be involved in various projects in the EDGE department....

19.09.2022
 

Trees predominantly take up mercury (Hg) from the atmosphere via stomatal assimilation of gaseous elemen-tal Hg (GEM). Hg is oxidised in...