Ecotoxicology

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Ecotoxicology testing

Ecotoxicity tests provide information on the intensity of adverse effects resulting from human influences and can produce data in the evaluation of the potential environmental impact of substances discharged into water or spread on land.

ALS Portfolio

ALS offers a number of methods to study a wide range of species, both aquatic and terrestrial:

Bacteria
Fish
Algae
Water arthropods
Higher plants
Terrestrial arthropods
Terrestrial annelidans

Analysis provided by ALS includes:

Vibrio fischeri (aliivibrio fischeri, Microtox)
Poecilia reticulata (guppy)
Desmodesmus subspicatus (green algae)
Daphnia magna Straus (planktonic crustacean)
Sinapis alba (white mustard), lactuca sativa (Lettuce)
Folsomia candida (springtail)
Enchytraeus crypticus (annelid worm)

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