Department Environmental Toxicology

Tyre abrasion gets from the road into adjacent soils and affects soil organisms. A joint study by the Ecotox Centre, the aquatic research institute Eawag and the EPFL now shows that earthworms avoid soil that is heavily contaminated with tyre particles. However, the particles had no negative effects on the survival and reproduction of the animals.

Hi everyone, I am back from a fantastic sabbatical stay at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

On the 26th of February, the postdoctoral researchers of the UTOX department took a well-deserved break from their scientific work to test their skills in a different arena—axe throwing!