Contact person

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ Department Analytik Permoserstr. 15 04318 Leipzig thorsten.reemtsma[at]ufz.de www.ufz.de

Partners

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, TU Berlin, Umweltbundesamt

Brief description

Objective

For many trace compounds that are detected in WP 1 and 2 there is a lack of toxicological and eco-toxicological data in order to predict potential hazards. Therefore, this WP investigates toxic and eco-toxic effects of these trace compounds and of real water samples.

Key activities

• Development of toxicological test strategies for new trace compounds and for contaminated water samples taking into account the gene toxicity as a prior evaluation parameter
• Based of the results of the measurement, evaluation of the human relevance of anthropogenic trace contaminants in the water cycle
• Collection of data for eco-toxicological effects of trace contaminants with the help of a combination of aquatic tests

• Evaluation of the treatment methods concerning their potential to minimize the toxic load

• Combination of the data from chemical analytics, technical measurements and biological tests; prioritization of potential hazards and categorization of method options regarding the risk management