Closing the gap between intention and reality in pesticide risk assessment
Pesticides have been identified as one of the culprits of the loss in biodiversity. Prof. Ralf B Schäfer describes their recent policy paper in which… Read more »
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Compared to bacteria and fungus, the airborne viral microbiome in built environments, is relatively understudied. Recently published research in… Read more »
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