Daniela Rechsteiner

Experience

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  Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  Research Internship

  • Execution of personalized mesurements of electromagnetic fields with students• Data cleaning and treatment• Descriptive Data analysis• Write a Report

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  Sika

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  Internship

  -Declaration of nanoparticles-Calculation of greenhouse gas balance for SIKA France S.A.S.-Collaboration in the planification of the project : Realisation of CLP-reglementation (EC) No 1272/2008 (Classification, Labeling, Packaging) SIKA France S.A.S-Collaboration in the integration of REACH and the exposure scenarios in the safety measurements of SIKA France S.A.S-Execution of a pre-study: Realisation of ISO 50 0001 for SIKA France S.A.S.

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  Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden

  Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  Environmental Agency, Section for water protection in Industry, Internship

  - Investigation of polyvinyl alcohol elimination in wastewater treatment plants

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  Agroscope ART Research Institution, Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs (DEA)

  Aug 2016 - Nov 2020

  Doctoral Student

  The regular detection of hormonally active substances in surface waters worldwide is alarming. A potentially important source of hormonal substances that has only little been studied so far is agriculture. Particularly important is the input from livestock farming. Farm animals are mammals and- like humans - produce estrogen as part of their hormonal balance. In contrast to humans, however, dairy cows are almost constantly pregnant to maintain their high milk production. Pregnant cows have particularly high blood levels of estrogen and therefore excrete much more estrogens in urine and faeces than humans. Thus, the 1.6 million cattle in Switzerland excrete approximately 20 times as much estrogen per year as the nearly 8 million people - an estimated 500 kg/year. Almost all animal excrements end in the environment: Either they are used as manure to fertilize fields and to close the nutrient cycle, or they are excreted directly on the pasture. A joint project by Agroscope and the Ecotox Centre investigates the discharge and fate of natural estrogens from agriculture. The aim is to quantitatively assess the occurrence, the behaviour and the importance of estrogens from agriculture for surface waters in Switzerland. The project is financed by the Federal Office for the Environment. Show less

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  Kanton Luzern

  Nov 2020 - Aug 2022

  Fachspezialistin Gewässerschutz/Specialist in water protection
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  Coop

  Aug 2022 - now

  Leiterin Laborabteilung Pestizide / Kontaminanten / Elemente