Carola Kussatz

TL;DR: While enrofloxacin was more toxic to green algae, ciprofloxin was more Toxic to cyanobacteria, and the results of the present study indicate a risk even at the predicted environmental concentration.

TL;DR: The OECD validation study of the zebrafish embryo acute toxicity test (ZFET) for acute aquatic toxicity testing evaluated the ZFET reproducibility by testing 20 chemicals at 5 different concentrations in 3 independent runs in at least 3 laboratories, showing that the ZfET is a robust method with a good intra- and inter-laboratory reproducible for most chemicals and laboratories.

TL;DR: The serotonin re-uptake inhibitor fluoxetine was selected for an environmental risk assessment, using the most recent European guideline (EMEA 2006), due to its environmental persistence, acute toxicity to nontarget organisms, and unique pharmacokinetics associated with a readily ionizable compound.

TL;DR: It is recommended to introduce a threshold for total silver content in sewage sludge into the respective regulations and to preferably directly introduce AgNM into the textile fiber since this will strongly minimize the release of AgNM during washing.

TL;DR: The established scoring schemes were found to be applicable to rank ENM according to theirEnvironmental fate and hazard potential, and thus to their environmental risk potential.