THURSDAY 11 MAY, 4 PM CET (online WEBINAR)
Dr. Brian Jonathan young
National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Argentina)
Towards an improvement of the environmental quality evaluating treatment systems through ecotoxicity and environmental fate of compounds
Abstract: I will present the main research lines related to Ecotoxicology studied at the Laboratory of Waste Conversion from the Institute of Microbiology and Agricultural Zoology (IMyZA), National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) located in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: 1) Toxicity tests of treated and untreated waste and effluents using aquatic and terrestrial organisms; 2) Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on native fish; and 3) Ecotoxicological evaluation and soil remediation of a contaminated site. The goal of our research team is to study the effect of several compounds on the environment and find the best technological proposal to reduce their impact.