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Mixtures of Chemical Pollutants at European Legislation Safety Concentrations: How Safe Are They?

The risk posed by complex chemical mixtures in the environment to wildlife and humans is increasingly debated, but has been rarely tested under environmentally relevant scenarios. To address this issue, two mixtures of 14 or 19 substances of concern (pesti ...

Oxford University Press2014

Measured and Modeled Toxicokinetics in Cultured Fish Cells and Application to In Vitro - In Vivo Toxicity Extrapolation

Kristin Schirmer, Julita Maria Stadnicka-Michalak

Effect concentrations in the toxicity assessment of chemicals with fish and fish cells are generally based on external exposure concentrations. External concentrations as dose metrics, may, however, hamper interpretation and extrapolation of toxicological ...

Public Library Science2014

Sustainability assessment of lignocellulosic biorefineries under uncertainty

Juan David Villegas Gomez

Biorefinery concepts refer to the integrated production of food, fuel, power, commodity chemicals, and polymers from biomass, mimicking the structure of a fossil-based refinery. The use of lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock for biorefineries has been pro ...

EPFL2014

Rational development of an electron-rich platinum nanocatalyst for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxilic acid under mild conditions

Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Ning Yan, Georgios Savoglidis, Sviatlana Siankevich

Valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for the production of commodity chemicals using various chemical methods continues to attract considerable attention. A wide and diverse range of different chemicals can be obtained from biomass and many different do ...

2013

Tracking chemical reactions on the surface of filamentous phage using mass spectrometry

Christian Heinis, Shiyu Chen, Jeremy Touati

Chemical modification of phage libraries has allowed the in vitro evolution of ligands having properties not provided by natural polypeptides. The development of novel and more diverse chemical reactions on phage was hampered by the lack of analytical meth ...

2013

The development of gold catalysts for use in hydrogenation reactions

Fernando Cardenas Lizana

With increasing emphasis placed on cleaner chemical synthesis, energy efficiency and waste minimisation, the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals is undergoing a progressive shift from conventional stoichiometric organic processes to a harness ...

Springer2013

Elimination of Micropollutants during Post-Treatment of Hospital Wastewater with Powdered Activated Carbon, Ozone, and UV

Urs von Gunten, Hansruedi Siegrist

A pilot-scale hospital wastewater treatment plant consisting of a primary clarifier, membrane bioreactor, and five post-treatment technologies including ozone (O-3), O-3/H2O2, powdered activated carbon (PAC), and low pressure UV light with and without TiO2 ...

American Chemical Society2013

A European perspective on alternatives to animal testing for environmental hazard identification and risk assessment

Kristin Schirmer

Tests with vertebrates are an integral part of environmental hazard identification and risk assessment of chemicals, plant protection products, pharmaceuticals, biocides, feed additives and effluents. These tests raise ethical and economic concerns and are ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2013

Friction welding of wood – A fast, adhesive-free bonding technology for prefabricated elements in timber construction

Benjamin Hahn

Up to now chemical adhesives based on polyurethane are used for the assembling of timber planks to large-scale structural elements, in particular cross-laminated timber panels (CLT), which opened new possibilities for architects and engineers in timber con ...

2013

Calibration and use of the polar organic chemical integrative sampler-a critical review

The implementation of strict environmental quality standards for polar organic priority pollutants poses a challenge for monitoring programs. The polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) may help to address the challenge of measuring low and fluc ...

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Press2012

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