About ECT
ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH was founded as a privately owned, independent enterprise in 1993, and joined the SynTech Research Group in November 2021.
In compliance with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), we perform standardised ecotoxicological tests in the laboratory as well as at semi-field and field level.
An overview of the ecotoxicology services provided by the whole SynTech Research Group is given here.
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ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Böttgerstraße 2 – 14
65439 Flörsheim am Main
Germany
Phone: +49 6145 9564-0
Fax: +49 6145 9564-99
ARISTO prioritised as successful project
The European industry-academia network for revising and advancing the assessment of the soil microbial toxicity of pesticides (ARISTO), was prioritised as successful project by the European Commission. A ‘Results in brief’ article was published on the CORDIS website. The project ARISTO was funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme of the European Union. In the […]
New publication on morphological and DNA-based identification methods to assess earthworm diversity
The time-consuming and expensive identification of soil invertebrates is probably the most important reason for the lack of a German nationwide and standardised survey of soil organisms. The present publication should contribute to solving this problem. Earthworms and soil were sampled at 25 sites, and the animals were identified morphologically and using DNA-based identification methods: community DNA (comDNA) and environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding.
Meet ECT and the SynTech Research Group at the SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting
The SETAC Europe 35th annual meeting ‘Innovation for tomorrow: progress in safe and sustainable concepts’ takes place in Vienna (Austria) from 11 to 15 May 2025. ECT is contributing to this meeting with several presentations. We are looking forward to meeting you at our presentations or at the SynTech Research Group booth 25!
Hyalella azteca bioconcentration test (HYBIT)
ECHA recently announced that the Hyalella azteca bioconcentration test (HYBIT) can fulfil the standard information requirement under REACH for bioaccumulation, unless dietary exposure is required (read more). Thereby, the bioconcentration test (OECD TG 305) with fish will be replaced on a case-by-case basis with a test system that uses freshwater amphipods, i.e. non-vertebrates. A test […]
New publication on TKTD modeling of sublethal endpoints for time‐variable toxicant exposure of Ceriodaphnia
Toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TKTD) modeling can integrate all available data from individual‐level bioassays into a single framework and enable refined risk assessments by extrapolating from laboratory results to time‐variable exposure scenarios. Dynamic energy budget (DEB) models coupled with TKTD modules (DEB-TKTD) are an approach to assess and predict sublethal effects of chemicals on individual organisms. However, thorough […]