In addition to being an important economic resource, salmon and other salmonidae species such as trout are considered «sentinel species» for monitoring water quality, and are important markers
for ecotoxicology studies.
Geoff Brighty works at the National Centre
for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances, one of a number of national centres created by the Environment Agency to apply specialist knowledge at both policy and operational level.
1997 Environmental Toxicology Manager at the Agency's National Centre
for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances in Wallingford
Not exact matches
The Arbonne ABC baby skin care line of baby care creams and their baby wash are all mostly plant - based, and all of their chemical ingredients showed low
ecotoxicology hazard on the EWG cosmetics database (yes I entered in all the ingredients
for you!).
«They ask us
for excellence, but they give us miserable resources,» said Guadalupe Barrera, a researcher at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), who marched with students from her
ecotoxicology lab.
«Over time, these species become two to four times more resistant to the pesticide used,» stated Professor Matthias Liess, Head of the Department
for System
Ecotoxicology at the UFZ.
As a student in Uppsala she first studied biology
for three years, and then took a year and a half of
ecotoxicology.
Steffi Böhme of the Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research (Department of Bioanalytical
Ecotoxicology) won this year's award
for her presentation «Visualisation of silver nanoparticle uptake by Laser Ablation — Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry».
In basic research, xenopus is used
for studies in development biology, cell biology, molecular genetic and in the area of
ecotoxicology.
This latter research has led Dr Edwards to focus recently in the areas of RNAi
for pest control, nanopesticides, invertebrate
ecotoxicology and environmental genomics.
Combining his
ecotoxicology expertise with government relations responsibilities has resulted in the successful registration and authorized use of seven conservation rodenticide bait products
for removal of rodents from islands in 5 countries.
While scientists working in the nascent field of environmental nanotechnology have already demonstrated its benefits in cleaning up pollutants and monitoring and preventing their spread, others, more concerned about the long - term effects related to exposure and chemical reactivity, have called
for studies into
ecotoxicology.