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List of works by Thomas Backhaus

A comprehensive survey of integron-associated genes present in metagenomes

scientific article published on 20 July 2020

A dataset of organic pollutants identified and quantified in recycled polyethylene pellets

scientific article published in December 2023

A general best-fit method for concentration-response curves and the estimation of low-effect concentrations

scientific article published in February 2001

A novel bioassay for evaluating the efficacy of biocides to inhibit settling and early establishment of marine biofilms

scholarly article by Åsa Arrhenius published in October 2014

A novel bioassay for evaluating the efficacy of biocides to inhibit settling and early establishment of marinebiofilms

A novel bioassay for evaluating the efficacy of biocides to inhibit settling and early establishment of marinebiofilms

A quick and robust method for quantification of the hypersensitive response in plants

scientific article

A vision for safer food contact materials: Public health concerns as drivers for improved testing

scientific article published in October 2023

Accurate prediction of the response of freshwater fish to a mixture of estrogenic chemicals

scientific article

Acknowledging that Science Is Political Is a Prerequisite for Science-Based Policy

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Addendum to Tolerance Patterns in Stream Biofilms Link Complex Chemical Pollution to Ecological Impacts

scientific article published on 16 December 2020

Addressing chemical pollution in biodiversity research

scientific article published in 2023

Analysis of the mixture toxicity burden in 17 rivers in north eastern Australia – implications for the Great Barrier Reef

Analysis of the mixture toxicity burden in 17 rivers in north eastern Australia – implications for the Great Barrier Reef

Antimicrobial activity of pharmaceutical cocktails in sewage treatment plant effluent - An experimental and predictive approach to mixture risk assessment

scientific article published on 26 September 2017

Application and validation of approaches for the predictive hazard assessment of realistic pesticide mixtures

scientific article published on 28 November 2005

Assessing and managing multiple risks in a changing world-The Roskilde recommendations.

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Assessing the ecological impact of chemical pollution on aquatic ecosystems requires the systematic exploration and evaluation of four lines of evidence

scholarly article

Bioassays with Vibrio fischeri for the assessment of delayed toxicity

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Building a European Partnership for next generation, systems‐based Environmental Risk Assessment (PERA)

scientific article published in 2022

Chemical monitoring of Swedish coastal waters indicates common exceedances of environmental thresholds, both for individual substances as well as their mixtures

scientific article published on 07 July 2017

Chemical monitoring of Swedish coastal waters indicates common exceedances of environmental thresholds, both for individual substances as well as their mixtures

Chemical monitoring of Swedish coastal waters indicates common exceedances of environmental thresholds, both for individual substances as well as their mixtures

scientific article published on 28 March 2017

Chemical risk assessment: pressures, perceptions and expectations

scientific article published in July 2010

Chemicals associated with plastic packaging: Inventory and hazards

scientific article published on 13 July 2018

Chemicals associated with plastic packaging: Inventory and hazards

Chronic toxicity of five structurally diverse demethylase-inhibiting fungicides to the crustacean Daphnia magna: a comparative assessment

scientific article published in June 2009

Communicating environmental science to the general public

scientific article published in July 2016

Comparative assessment of plant protection products: how many cases will regulatory authorities have to answer?

scientific article published on 28 June 2014

Comparison of four DNA extraction methods for comprehensive assessment of 16S rRNA bacterial diversity in marine biofilms using high-throughput sequencing

scientific article published on 29 June 2017

Conflicts of Interest in the Assessment of Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution

scientific article published on 5 December 2023

Copper Affects Composition and Functioning of Microbial Communities in Marine Biofilms at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations

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Copper affects composition and functions of microbial communities in marine biofilms at environmentally relevant concentrations

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Copper affects composition and functions of microbial communities in marine biofilms at environmentally relevant concentrations

Corrigendum to “The SWIFT periphyton test for high-capacity assessments of toxicant effects on microalgal community development” [J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 349 (2007) 295–98]

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Cumulative risk assessment: a European perspective on the state of the art and the necessary next steps forward

scientific article published in October 2013

Developing SAICM into a framework for the international governance of chemicals throughout their lifecycle: Looking beyond 2020

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Ecotoxicity characterization of chemicals: Global recommendations and implementation in USEtox

scientific article published in 2023

Ecotoxicological assessment of antibiotics: A call for improved consideration of microorganisms

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Effect-based methods are key. The European Collaborative Project SOLUTIONS recommends integrating effect-based methods for diagnosis and monitoring of water quality

scientific article published in 2019

Effects of Five Antifouling Biocides on Settlement and Growth of Zoospores from the Marine Macroalga Ulva lactuca L

Effects of three antifouling agents on algal communities and algal reproduction: mixture toxicity studies with TBT, Irgarol, and Sea-Nine

scientific article published on 2 January 2006

Empowering academic research in chemical risk assessment and management

scientific article published on 01 April 2015

Environmental Risk Assessment of Pharmaceutical Mixtures: Demands, Gaps, and Possible Bridges

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Environmental policy recommendations for the new US President.

scientific article

Evaluating the environmental hazard of industrial chemicals from data collected during the REACH registration process

scientific article

Evaluating the environmental hazard of industrial chemicals from data collected during the REACH registration process

Evaluating the environmental hazard of industrial chemicals from data collected during the REACH registration process

Exploring the mixture assessment or allocation factor (MAF): A brief overview of the current discourse

scientific article published in March 2024

Exploring the planetary boundary for chemical pollution.

scientific article

Extreme irgarol tolerance in an Ulva lactuca L. population on the Swedish west coast

scientific article

Future water quality monitoring--adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management

scientific article published on 31 January 2015

Future water quality monitoring: improving the balance between exposure and toxicity assessments of real-world pollutant mixtures

scientific article published in 2019

Heavy metal toxicity to Lemna minor: studies on the time dependence of growth inhibition and the recovery after exposure

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Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for environmental development and transfer of antibiotic resistance.

scientific article published on 09 July 2013

Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement

scientific article published on 03 March 2020

In Response: Prioritization and standard setting for pollutant mixtures in the aquatic environment: A business consultant's perspective

scientific article published on 01 October 2015

Indeed, Science Is Inherently Political But Must Not Become Partisan

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Joint algal toxicity of 16 dissimilarly acting chemicals is predictable by the concept of independent action

scientific article published in March 2003

Joint algal toxicity of phenylurea herbicides is equally predictable by concentration addition and independent action

scientific article published in February 2004

Joint effects of heterogeneous estrogenic chemicals in the E-screen--exploring the applicability of concentration addition

scientific article published on 10 May 2011

Key Principles for the Intergovernmental Science–Policy Panel on Chemicals and Waste

scientific article published in 2023

Letter to the Editor of "Food and Chemical Toxicology" regarding the paper "Refined assessment and perspectives on the cumulative risk resulting from the dietary exposure to pesticide residues in the Danish population" by Larsson et al

Letter to the Editor of "Food and Chemical Toxicology" regarding the paper "Refined assessment and perspectives on the cumulative risk resulting from the dietary exposure to pesticide residues in the Danish population" by Larsson et al

Long-term effects of the antibacterial agent triclosan on marine periphyton communities

scientific article published on 24 June 2015

Low-level exposure to multiple chemicals: reason for human health concerns?

scientific article

Making Out That Science Is Political Is Actually Unavoidable (Author's Reply)

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Medicines, shaken and stirred: a critical review on the ecotoxicology of pharmaceutical mixtures

scientific article

Microplastics as a Vector for Exposure to Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Fish: A Comparison of Two Polymers and Silica Particles Spiked With Three Model Compounds

scientific article published on 3 July 2020

Microplastics in the Environment: Much Ado about Nothing? A Debate

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Microplastics in the environment: Much ado about nothing? A debate

Mixed messages from benthic microbial communities exposed to nanoparticulate and ionic silver: 3D structure picks up nano-specific effects, while EPS and traditional endpoints indicate a concentration-dependent impact of silver ions

scientific article published on 28 June 2015

Mixture toxicity from photosystem II inhibitors on microalgal community succession is predictable by concentration addition

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

Perspectives for integrating human and environmental risk assessment and synergies with socio-economic analysis.

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Pesticide mixtures in the Swedish streams: Environmental risks, contributions of individual compounds and consequences of single-substance oriented risk mitigation

scientific article published on 29 April 2017

Pesticide mixtures in the Swedish streams: environmental risks, contributions of individual compounds and consequences of single-substance oriented risk mitigation

Pesticide mixtures in the Swedish streams: environmental risks, contributions of individual compounds and consequences of single-substance oriented risk mitigation

Pesticide mixtures in the Swedish streams: environmental risks, contributions of individual compounds and consequences of single-substance oriented risk mitigation

Pharmaceuticals in the environment: An introduction to theET&Cspecial issue

scientific article published on 01 April 2016

Policy options to account for multiple chemical pollutants threatening biodiversity

scientific article published in 2023

Predictability of combined effects of eight chloroacetanilide herbicides on algal reproduction

scientific article published in October 2003

Predictability of the mixture toxicity of 12 similarly acting congeneric inhibitors of photosystem II in marine periphyton and epipsammon communities.

scientific article

Predicting the joint algal toxicity of multi-component s-triazine mixtures at low-effect concentrations of individual toxicants

scientific article published in December 2001

Predictive environmental risk assessment of chemical mixtures: a conceptual framework

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

Prioritisation of water pollutants: the EU Project SOLUTIONS proposes a methodological framework for the integration of mixture risk assessments into prioritisation procedures under the European Water Framework Directive

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

Proposal for environmental mixture risk assessment in the context of the biocidal product authorization in the EU

article published in 2013

Reply to Calow: In defense of science and its inclusion in decision making

scientific article published on 01 November 2017

Risk Assessment of Pesticide Mixtures in Australian Rivers Discharging to the Great Barrier Reef

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Risks of floating microplastic in the global ocean

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Science, antiscience, and environmental decision making: A call to action

scientific article published on 01 July 2017

Scientific Challenges in the Risk Assessment of Food Contact Materials

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Screening level mixture risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in STP effluents

scientific article published on 15 November 2013

Simplifying complexity: Mixture toxicity assessment in the last 20 years

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Single-substance and mixture toxicity of five pharmaceuticals and personal care products to marine periphyton communities

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Statement on advancing the assessment of chemical mixtures and their risks for human health and the environment

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Strengthen the European collaborative environmental research to meet European policy goals for achieving a sustainable, non-toxic environment

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

The BEAM-project: prediction and assessment of mixture toxicities in the aquatic environment

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The SOLUTIONS project: challenges and responses for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management

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The SWIFT periphyton test for high-capacity assessments of toxicant effects on microalgal community development

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The challenges posed by radiation and radionuclide releases to the environment

scientific article published in July 2011

The impact of chemical pollution on biodiversity and ecosystem services: the need for an improved understanding

scientific article published on 01 October 2012

The implementation of the substitution principle in European chemical legislation: a comparative analysis

scientific article published in 2023

The predictability of mixture toxicity of demethylase inhibiting fungicides to Daphnia magna depends on life-cycle parameters

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The scientific assessment of combined effects of risk factors: different approaches in experimental biosciences and epidemiology

scholarly article by Wolfgang Bödeker & Thomas Backhaus published 22 May 2010 in European Journal of Epidemiology

The single substance and mixture toxicity of quinolones to the bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri

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The toxicity of antibiotic agents to the luminescent bacterium Vibrio fischeri

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The toxicity of the three antifouling biocides DCOIT, TPBP and medetomidine to the marine pelagic copepod Acartia tonsa

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Three methods for integration of environmental risk into the benefit-risk assessment of veterinary medicinal products

scientific article published in July 2017

Tolerance patterns in stream biofilms link complex chemical pollution to ecological impacts

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Toward Harmonizing Ecotoxicity Characterization in Life Cycle Impact Assessment

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Toward a conceptual approach for assessing risks from chemical mixtures and other stressors to coastal ecosystem services.

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe

scholarly article

Toxic masking and synergistic modulation of the estrogenic activity of chemical mixtures in a yeast estrogen screen (YES).

scientific article published on 5 June 2009

Toxicity of a mixture of dissimilarly acting substances to natural algal communities: predictive power and limitations of independent action and concentration addition.

scientific article published on December 2004

Toxicity of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole to marine periphytic algae and bacteria

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Toxicity of differently sized and coated silver nanoparticles to the bacterium Pseudomonas putida: risks for the aquatic environment?

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Toxicity of five protein synthesis inhibiting antibiotics and their mixture to limnic bacterial communities

scientific article published on July 2010

Toxicity of sulfonylurea herbicides to the green alga Scenedesmus vacuolatus: predictability of combination effects

scientific article published on September 2003

Toxicity of the pharmaceutical clotrimazole to marine microalgal communities

scientific article

Transformers enable accurate prediction of acute and chronic chemical toxicity in aquatic organisms

scientific article published on 8 March 2024

Triclosan causes toxic effects to algae in marine biofilms, but does not inhibit the metabolic activity of marine biofilm bacteria

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Triclosan changes community composition and selects for specific bacterial taxa in marine periphyton biofilms in low nanomolar concentration

Triclosan changes community composition and selects for specific bacterial taxa in marine periphyton biofilms in low nanomolar concentration

Water quality objectives for mixtures of toxic chemicals: problems and perspectives.

scientific article published on February 2003

Xenobiotic Biotransformation in Unicellular Green Algae (Involvement of Cytochrome P450 in the Activation and Selectivity of the Pyridazinone Pro-Herbicide Metflurazon)

scientific article published on 01 September 1996