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New project at EDGE explores tire wear particle impacts on plants

06.02.2023 EDGE

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

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

10.01.2023 EDGE

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

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

10.01.2023 EDGE

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

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

09.01.2023 EDGE

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

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

02.01.2023 EDGE

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

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"

20.12.2022 EDGE

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

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

15.12.2022 EDGE

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

In this publication, Stephan Kraemer…

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“

15.12.2022 EDGE

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

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

06.12.2022 EDGE

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