Worth knowing: Pesticide risks to the species we overlook
European pesticide risk assessment relies heavily on a limited set of standard test organisms – but what about the many other organisms exposed to pesticides? Alina Koch tells us more!
Date: 29 September 2026
Time: 12:15 - 13:00
Venue: Studion, level 1 of the Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)
Language: English
Organiser: SLU University Library
Location: Online, Uppsala
- Lunch is served from 11:45.
- Seating is limited and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
In this talk, researcher Alina Koch introduces two research projects investigating pesticide risks to wild pollinators and aquatic fungi, and explore what we may miss by overlooking these less-studied organisms. The examples highlight the need for improved risk assessment that considers a wider range of species and, ultimately, the diversity and functions of ecosystems.
Alina Koch is a researcher at the Centre for Pesticides in the Environment (CKB) at SLU. Her work combines analytical chemistry and ecology to study effects of pesticides in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in Sweden.
Take part online, live or afterwards
If you are unable to attend in the studio, you can watch live on SLU Play and on the SLU University Library’s Facebook page. The lecture will also be available to watch afterwards on SLU Play, but it will take a couple of weeks before it is published there.
Worth knowing
Worth knowing is the SLU University Library’s popular science lunchtime lecture series. Here, exciting and recent research results from SLU are presented. We offer a light lunch, and after the lecture, listeners have the opportunity to ask questions.