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06.02.2023

New project at EDGE explores tire wear particle impacts on plants

The teams from Thilo Hofmann (EDGE) won together with Prof. Benny Chefetz (HUJ) the new University of Vienna - Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

10.01.2023

New Publication in MethodsX: Analytical Strategies to Measure Gadolinium as a Wastewater Marker in Surface and Groundwater Systems

Gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast agents, used in magnetic resonance imaging, not only leave the human body virtually unaffected, but also survive...

10.01.2023

New Publication in Chemical Geology Investigates the Evolution of Microbial Habitats under Extreme Environmental Changes during the Badenian Salinity Crisis

A new study from Viemann et al. with Thilo Hofmann and Nathalie Tepe from EDGE investigates the evolution of microbial habitats under extreme...

09.01.2023

New Publication in Geoderma: Small Biochar Particles Hardly Disintegrate under Cryo-Stress

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

New publication in Environmental Science and Technology: Uptake, metabolism, and accumulation of tire wear particle-derived compounds in lettuce

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

New publication in Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry: "Large extent of mercury stable isotope fractionation in contaminated stream sediments induced by changes of mercury binding forms"

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

New publication in the Journal of Hazardous Materials: “Soil-pH and cement influence the weathering kinetics of chrysotile asbestos in soils and its hydroxyl radical yield“

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

15.12.2022

New publication in Chemical Research in Toxicology: “The potential contribution of hexavalent chromium to the carcinogenicity of chrysotile asbestos“

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

In this publication, Stephan Kraemer...

06.12.2022

New publication in Environmental Science: Advances on Policy options to account for multiple chemical pollutants threatening biodiversity

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

New publication in Environmental Science and Technology systematically describes the effect of polymer properties on the biodegradation of polyurethane microplastics

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

29.11.2022

New publication in Environmental Science and Technology elucidates the leaching process of phthalates from polyvinyl chloride microplastics into the aquatic environment

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