Flaws in industry-funded pesticide evaluation
Researchers from, among others, the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) have examined raw data from a company-funded safety evaluation of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. They discovered an effect on the brain architecture of the exposed laboratory animals at all tested doses, which was not included in the reported conclusions. Karolinska Institutet in Sweden led this independent study, which …
Ten researchers at ACES receive grants from Formas
The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Formas) has decided on approved applications for research and development projects, and, among other things, for a special call on a non-toxic environment and combination effects. Ten researchers at the Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) receive in total over 40 million SEK. “For senior researchers, external …
Learning new e-science tools for climate research in Norwegian Andøya
Andøya Space Centre in Northern Norway was the place for a course this autumn when 25 PhD and advanced master students from various Nordic institutions gathered to learn more about how to use e-science tools for climate research. The second 10-day course on e-science tools for climate research has successfully been held at the Andøya Space Center in northern Norway …
