The CAS Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences recently got the go-ahead from the Ministry of Science and Technology to establish the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecological Toxicology.
The lab will direct its main research on the environmental analysis methods, environmental chemical behaviors and ecological toxicological effects of the persistent toxic substances (PTSs).
In the field of the environmental analytical chemistry, the scientists will research on the new theories, technologies and methods of the pre-processing, isolation and purification and testing of the environmental samples by taking in and improving the conventional methods They will also investigate the environmental processes, involving the current pollution situation, the degradation and accumulation mechanisms, the transport-transformation rule, and the pollution control principles over the PTSs from the angle of environmental chemistry. Meanwhile, in the biological toxicology area, research will be carried out on the improvement of the biological marker technique, the animal models design, the toxicity filtration and evaluation as well as the study of the influence imposed by the PTS on the animals and human beings.
In the future, the lab strives to keep abreast with the advanced domestic level and achieve original and prominent research fruits to make contribution to the China's environmental security and provide technological support to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
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