Environmental contaminants and pesticides

Last changed: 11 May 2021

Water sampling. Photo: Philipp Klöckner

Environmental contaminants such as PCB, flame retardants, PFAS, heavy metals and residues of pesticides can have negative effects on both human health and ecosystems.

At the department, research is conducted concerning the dispersion and effects of environmental contaminants, as well as methods for treatment and remediation, and analysing techniques.

Examples of research projects

Ditch cleaning versus wetland restoration – Effects on mercury in water
FIBREM – characterization and remediation of fiberbank sediment
Treatment technologies for PFASs in soil and drinking water
Mercury in runoff water
MER-CLUB - MERcury Clean-Up system based on Bioremediation by marine bacteria
Properties, fate and individual-to-ecosystem level impacts of microplastics in freshwaters
Microbial mercury methylation in the Baltic Sea
Environmental impact of gas ebullition in fiberbank sediments – flux measurements and X-ray tomography for improved remediation strategies
PhytoRem - Phytoremediation of PFAS contaminated soil and groundwater
POPscreen – Identification of emerging organic pollutants in archived biota
Blackwater treatment and fate of pharmaceuticals and antibiotic resistance genes
RiskMix - Risk assessment of mixtures
Food waste to new food
Early detection of organic micropollutants in aquatic ecosystem

The POPs-laboratory: analysis of organic pollutants
SLU Centre for Pesticides in the Environment
SLU Knowledge bank: Combined filtration makes removal of PFAS in drinking water more efficient
SLU Knowledge bank: Facts and findings about mercury in the environment: infographic
SLU Knowledge bank: Ozonation breaks down certain PFAS substances
For more articles in SLU Knowledge bank about environmental contaminants and pesticides see the Swedish version of this page.

Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment
Uppsala

Contact

Karin Wiberg, Professor
Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Section for Organic Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology

karin.wiberg@slu.se, +4618673115, +46702341570

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