• A data-derived reference mixture representative of European wastewater treatment plant effluents to complement mixture assessment 

      Beckers, Liza-Marie; Altenburger, Rolf; Brack, Werner; Escher, Beate I.; Hackermüller, Jörg; Hassold, Enken; Illing, Gianina; Krauss, Martin; Krüger, Janet; Michaelis, Paul; Schüttler, Andreas; Stevens, Sarah Lena Inge Marie; Busch, Wibke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Aquatic environments are polluted with a multitude of organic micropollutants, which challenges risk assessment due the complexity and diversity of pollutant mixtures. The recognition that certain source-specific background ...
    • Effects of Leachates from UV-Weathered Microplastic in Cell-Based Bioassays 

      Rummel, Christophe Daniel; Escher, Beate I.; Sandblom, Oskar; Plassmann, Merle; Arp, Hans Peter; MacLeod, Matthew; Jahnke, Annika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Standard ecotoxicological testing of microplastic does not provide insight into the influence that environmental weathering by, e.g., UV light has on related effects. In this study, we leached chemicals from plastic into ...
    • Sorption and Mobility of Charged Organic Compounds: How to Confront and Overcome Limitations in Their Assessment 

      Sigmund, Gabriel; Arp, Hans Peter; Aumeier, Benedikt M.; Bucheli, Thomas D.; Chefetz, Benny; Chen, Wei; Droge, Steven T. J.; Endo, Satoshi; Escher, Beate I.; Hale, Sarah; Hofmann, Thilo; Pignatello, Joseph; Reemtsma, Thorsten; Schmidt, Torsten C.; Schönsee, Carina D.; Scheringer, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Permanently charged and ionizable organic compounds (IOC) are a large and diverse group of compounds belonging to many contaminant classes, including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, industrial chemicals, and natural toxins. ...