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250 researchers from across Europe have signed an open letter urging the European Commission and EU Member States to introduce a Mixture Assessment Factor (MAF) in the ongoing revision of the REACH Regulation.
What happens when cutting-edge biology meets powerful computing? At the Department of Environmental Science, researchers are harnessing the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to investigate how pollution leaves its mark—not only on individuals, but on future generations.
In a new paper published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 22 scientists—including Professor Ian Cousins and Associate Professor Marlene Ågerstrand from the Department of Environmental Science—defend the current definition of PFASs established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In a quiet seminar room at the Department of Environmental Science, two researchers sit across from a laptop, ready to simulate the afterlife of a plastic bag that escaped into the environment—blown away from a picnic on the beach for example. How long does it stay there? What does it become? And what damage might it do in the meantime?
