The Ecotoxicology group conducts the ecotoxicological evaluation of contaminants in representative soil and aquatic organisms of different trophic levels. We use bioassays at several levels of complexity, from in vitro (cell lines) to in vivo with either single species or multispecies (higher level assay). These tools can assess the impact of individual contaminants or complex mixtures of unknown composition such as effluents, reclaimed water, sewage sludge, organic amendments…, usually applied to agricultural soils for watering or increasing the content of soil organic matter.
Our group also focuses on the potential transference of these contaminants from soil to water and vice versa, as well as from soil to soil organisms (i.e. plants or invertebrates).
The Ecotoxicology group is part of the Environment and Agronomy Department of INIA.
• Reuse of wastewater in agriculture;
Assess soil fertility enhancement
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Risk Assessment
environnent impact of pesticides
hazard assessment
Nanomaterials
Soil /crop impacts
Soil amendments,
soil biota
Soil enzyme activity
Soil properties, Soil Health, wastes, recycling and valorization, risk assessment
vegetables crop
