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• PFAS reduce the activity of immune cells
  Because they are persistant, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are also known as "chemicals for eternety". They can lead to liver damage, thyroid disorders, obesity, hormonal disorders, an...
• Bioindicator for the occurrence of PFAS
  Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are considered to be forever chemicals. Many are toxic; others are highly mobile or accumulate in the food chain. However, all are extremely persistent an...
• How nanoplastics can influence metabolism
  PET, the plastic used to make bottles, for example, is ubiquitous in our natural environment. In a joint study, scientists from Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Researc...

• Improved effect prediction of low toxicant concentrations
  Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously assumed. This was shown by Researchers at the Helmhol...
• More efficient evaluation of environmental chemicals
  Research in the UFZ thematic area of "Chemicals in the Environment" focuses on gaining a better understanding of the fate processes including transformation and biodegradation and effects of chemic...

• Improved prediction of pesticide residues
  The use of pesticides can lead to a build-up of toxic and ecologically harmful residues in the soil. Until recently, it was not possible to ascertain in detail to which pesticides this applies and ...

• Large river systems are the main culprits for plastic pollution in the oceans
  Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic debris ends up in the sea - a global environmental problem with unforeseeable ecological consequences. The path taken by plastic to reach the sea must be e...
• Production of drop-in fuel by combined microbial and electrochemical conversion
  Researchers at Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), the University of Tübingen, Cornell University, and Deutsche Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ) have shown that the combination of mi...

• The decline in emissions also has negative implications
  In large parts of Europe and North America, the decline in industrial emissions over the past 20 years has reduced pollution of the atmosphere and in turn of soils and water in many natural areas. ...

• Bioelectrochemical processes have the potential to one day replace petrochemistry
  Researchers at Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany, and the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, have found that the electrification of the white biotechnology is not me...
• Agricultural insecticides pose a global risk to surface water bodies
  Streams within approx. 40% of the global land surface are at risk from the application of insecticides. These were the results from the first global map to be modelled on insecticide runoff to surf...

• Biodegradable or not? New classifications of pesticides developed
  In order to improve the evaluation process for the long-term consequences of pesticides, scientists have developed a new detection method and a model that can enable determinations regarding whethe...
• Risc of arsenic in food examined
  In the classic film "Arsenic and Old Lace", the two nice, elderly ladies have many a skeleton in the closet: their victims are lonely men, whom they poison with arsenic in their wine. Today, arseni...
• Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments
  he pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers ...
• Luminous Bacterial Proteins Detect Chemicals in Water
  While residual medications don't belong in the water, trace metals from industrial process waters handled by the recycling industry are, in contrast, valuable resources. Scientists at the Helmholtz...