Research
The European chemicals regulation REACH includes the legal duty for suppliers to inform consumers on request about the presence of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in articles. Since this requirement ha...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:24
Published on: 20 July 2017
Discussion
Protecting our water resources in terms of quality and quantity is considered one of the big challenges of the twenty-first century, which requires global and multidisciplinary solutions. A specific threat to ...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:23
Published on: 10 July 2017
Discussion
In current debates on emerging technologies for plant breeding in Europe, much attention has been given to the regulatory status of these techniques and their public acceptance. At present, both genetically mo...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:22
Published on: 26 June 2017
Commentary
We respond to the paper of Kruse-Plass et al. (Environ Sci Eur 29:12, 2017), published in this journal, regarding the risk to non-target lepidopteran larvae exposed to pollen from one or more of three Bt maize ev...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:21
Published on: 10 May 2017
Erratum
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:20
Published on: 26 April 2017
The original article was published in Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:12
Research
When cooking on a barbecue grill, consumers often use aluminum grill pans. For one, the pan catches the fats and oils that would drip into the embers causing the formation of potentially noxious smoke, and the...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:17
Published on: 12 April 2017
Research
Drinking bottles and stove-top moka pots made of aluminum have become very popular. Storing drinks in bottles and preparing coffee in a moka pot may result in the migration of aluminum to the beverage.
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:18
Published on: 12 April 2017
Research
In spite of the prevalence of aluminum in nature, no organism has been found to date which requires this element for its biological functions. The possible health risks to human beings resulting from uptake of...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:19
Published on: 12 April 2017
Discussion
Simulation degradation studies for industrial chemicals, biocidal products and plant protection products are required in the EU to estimate half-lives in soil, water and sediment for the comparison to persiste...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:15
Published on: 5 April 2017
Commentary
Green Toxicology refers to the application of predictive toxicology in the sustainable development and production of new less harmful materials and chemicals, subsequently reducing waste and exposure. Built up...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:16
Published on: 4 April 2017
Research
This paper describes a conceptual framework for solutions-focused management of chemical contaminants built on novel and systematic approaches for identifying, quantifying and reducing risks of these substances.
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:13
Published on: 9 March 2017
Commentary
The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) is in the process of revising its guidance documents on how to address the challenges of ecotoxicological testing of nanomaterials. In these revisions, outset is taken in th...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:14
Published on: 9 March 2017
Commentary
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:12
Published on: 7 March 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:20
Research
The present work investigates the impact of discharges from a storm water sedimentation basin (SSB) receiving runoff from a connected motorway in southern Germany. The study lasted for almost two years and was...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:10
Published on: 6 March 2017
Research
The extensive and intensive uses of organophosphorus insecticide—quinalphos in agriculture, pose a health hazard to animals, humans, and environment because of its persistence in the soil and crops. However, t...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:11
Published on: 6 March 2017
Discussion
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:9
Published on: 6 March 2017
Erratum
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:8
Published on: 22 February 2017
The original article was published in Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:1
Research
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has introduced a concept for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified (GM) plants which foresees the definition of ecological threshold values definin...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:7
Published on: 16 February 2017
Research
A previous 2-year rat feeding trial assessing potential toxicity of NK603 Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize revealed blood and urine biochemical changes indicative of liver and kidney pathology. In a...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:6
Published on: 7 February 2017
Commentary
We assess the analysis of the data resulting from a field experiment conducted by Pilling et al. (PLoS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077193, 5) on th...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:4
Published on: 23 January 2017
Commentary
Whilst a formal statistical analysis of any experimental data is always preferable in principle, in the case of Pilling et al. (PLoS ONE 8:e77193, 2013), it is hard to see how the results of any formal analysis—i...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:2
Published on: 23 January 2017
Review
Farmland biodiversity is an important characteristic when assessing sustainability of agricultural practices and is of major international concern. Scientific data indicate that agricultural intensification an...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:5
Published on: 21 January 2017
Commentary
Environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology have been losing support, resources, and recognition at universities for many years. What are the possible causes of this process? A first problem may be that the need...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:3
Published on: 17 January 2017
Review
MON89788 was the first genetically engineered soybean worldwide to express a Bt toxin. Under the brand name Intacta, Monsanto subsequently engineered a stacked trait soybean using MON89788 and MON87701—this stack...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:1
Published on: 11 January 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in Environmental Sciences Europe 2017 29:8
Discussion
The occurrence of volunteer maize plants in subsequent crops as well as of feral maize plants in non-agricultural areas is an essential issue in risk assessments of genetically modified (GM) maize, with regard...
Environmental Sciences Europe 2016 28:30
Published on: 30 December 2016
