Environmental health
Environmental Health “…encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health. It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments….” (WHO).
Current literature attests that pesticide residues e.g. in plant food and atmosphere can cause several serious diseases:
- Endocrine disrupting effect
(Rudel und Perovich, Atmos. Environ. 43, 2009, 170-181) - Neurodevelopmental effects of pesticides
(Colborn et al., Environ. Health Persp. 114, 2006, 10-17) - Immunomodulatory effects of pesticides
(Whalen et al., Chem.-Biol. Interact. 145, 2003, 311-319;
Rowe et al., Toxicol. Appl. Pharm. 214, 2006, 69-77;
Corsini et al., Toxicol. Appl. Pharm. 222, 2007, 202-210) - Immune mediated diseases
(Pinchuk et al. Toxicol. Appl. Pharm. 223, 2007, 206-217;
Rowe et al. 2006; Whalen et al. 2003, Corsini et al. 2007) - Hyperglycemia – a side effect of pesticides
(Pournourmohammadi et al., Environ. Toxicol. Phar. 19, 2005, 191-196) - Diabetes type 2 and the use of organophosphorus pesticides?
(Rezg et al., Trends Food Sci. Tech. 21, 2010, 345-357)
It is our goal to keep humans healthy. For that purpose we develop tools for activating specific soil functions in such a way that contaminants in soils can be degraded in situ.