Ecotoxicology Services

SynTech Research offers ecotoxicology services, which are focused on the study and evaluation of the toxic effects of agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and fertilizers on the environment. This service is essential within any farm in order to understand the impact of agrochemicals and to adopt more sustainable and safer farming practices.

Types of Studies

The ecotoxicology studies are performed for research purposes and/or following regulatory and quality regulations appropriate for the submission of chemical and seed/refractory dossiers to: OECD, EPA, JMAFF, PRMA and Latin American authorities.

  • Non-target arthropods (NTA): Laboratory, extended laboratory, aged residues, semi-field and field studies. Beneficial organisms, phytophagous non-target arthropods and manure.
  • Non-target plants (NTP): We conduct studies on seedling emergence and vegetative vigos, as well as with different crop species and weeds.
  • Soil organisms: We conduct laboratory and field studies with earthworms, springtails, enriched predatory mites and soil microflora.
  • Aquatic Toxicology: Acute and chronic laboratory studies conducted under static and static renewal test conditions with precesses, invertebrate animals, algae and aquatic macrophytes.
  • Honeybees and other pollinators: We conduct studies with honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees. We carry out laboratory tests (acute and chronic studies on adults and larvae). As well as side effects and residues (bee matrices) field and semi-field studies in Europe, USA and Latin America.

 

Analytical Support

Providing  extensive support to all our aquatic and terrestrial exotoxicology studies through our state-of-the-art laboratories

Consideration of the development, verification and/or validation of methods. Performance of comprehensive analyses on water, soil and bee matrices (pollen, nectar and diet).

Program Management and Risk Assessment

In addition to conducting individual studies, SynTech Research can provide management for the coordination of comprehensive testing programs, along with the preparation of regulatory submissions, including ecological risk assessment.

Locations

SynTech Research Group’s Ecotoxicology laboratories are located at ECT Oekotoxikologie GmnH in Flörsheim am Main, Germany (aquatic and soil organisms), Mâcon, France (pollinators and ANT), Nîmes, France (NTP), Valencia, Spain (pollinators and ANT), Stilwell, Kansas, USA, and Piracicaba, Brazil (pollinators), with additional laboratory resources and field studies through its worldwide network of research stations.

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For further information please email: info@syntechresearch.com