Acute toxicity and genotoxicity of aquatic hydrophobic pollutants sampled with semipermeable membrane devices

Sabaliūnas, Darius; Lazutka, Juozas R.; Sabaliūnien, I.

doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(99)00259-6

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“…Though concentrations of organic pollutants were very similar to the typical minimum (QUASIMEME 2002), synergistic effects between these compounds and between them and metals can lead to acute toxicity (Sabaliūnas et al 2000;Viarengo et al 2000). However, these effects can only be monitored biologically, hence the importance of biomonitoring and biomarkers on top of direct, chemical analysis of environmental quality.…”

Section: Trace Elementsmentioning

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Marine molluscs in environmental monitoring

Feldstein

Kashman

Abelson

et al. 2003

Helgoland Marine Research

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Concentrations of trace elements and organic pollutants were determined in marine sediments and molluscs from the Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts of Israel. Two bivalve species (Donax trunculus, Pteria aegyptia), two gastropod species (Patella caerulea, Cellana rota) and sediments were sampled at polluted and relatively clean, reference, sites. Along the Mediterranean coast of Israel, sediments and molluscs from Haifa Bay stations were enriched with both organic and trace element contaminants. In the Red Sea, differences between the polluted and reference sites were less pronounced. Bio-concentration factors indicate a significant concentration of Zn, As, Cd, Sn and Pb in animal tissue relative to the concentrations of these elements in the sediments. In contrast, Ce, La and U were not concentrated in molluscs. The trace element results indicate a saturation of the detoxification mechanisms in molluscs from polluted sites. The concentrations of organic pollutants at the same sites are at the lower range of values recorded in other studies. However, synergistic effects between these compounds and between them and metals can lead to acute toxicity.

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Section: Trace Elementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marine molluscs in environmental monitoring

Feldstein

Kashman

Abelson

et al. 2003

Helgoland Marine Research

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“…According to an amount of obtained extract usually some small volume toxicity test (microbiotests) are provided. Good experience of this is seen with a test of inhibition of light production of bioluminescent bacterium Vibrio¯scheri ( [10], [11] …”

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Toxicological evaluation of exposed SPMD membranes

2003

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This article is focused on bioassay evaluation of exposed SPMDs. Toxicity testing of SPMD extract is a suitable complementary parameter to chemical analysis. Vtox as an integrative parameter describing toxic properties of extract from membrane and thus a level of contamination of assessed ambient is presented here. Two examples of practical use of Vtox is demonstrated: a course of toxicity throw wastewater treatment plant with industrial inlets and increase of toxicity in surface water body caused by leakages of POPs from industrial plant.

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“…The technique is important for estimating risks associated with exposure of living organisms to contaminants, because allows to easily determine the time-weighted average concentration of the analytes dissolved and absorbed biologically for long periods of time [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Many studies have shown that this technique is appropriate for sampling water from various areas like the marine environment [21,22], rivers [23][24][25][26][27] and lakes [15]. Long running water monitoring using SPMDs allows the assessment of changes in them over the years [23].…”

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“…The combination of semipermeable membrane devices and bioassays allows to determine the toxic and genotoxic potential of environmental samples. The effectiveness of the method was demonstrated for shortterm bioassays like Microtox TM [24,28] and Daphnia pulex test for assessing toxicity [24], as well as Vibrio harveyi test and MutatoxTM [24] for examination of water samples mutagenicity.…”

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Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples from different stages of treatment

Pogorzelec

Piekarska

2017

E3S Web Conf.

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Abstract. The aim of this study was to analyze the presence and concentration of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples from different stages of treatment and to verify the usefulness of semipermeable membrane devices for analysis of drinking water. For this purpose, study was conducted for a period of 5 months. Semipermeable membrane devices were deployed in a surface water treatment plant located in Lower Silesia (Poland). To determine the effect of water treatment on concentration of PAHs, three sampling places were chosen: raw water input, stream of water just before disinfection and treated water output. After each month of sampling SPMDs were changed for fresh ones and prepared for further analysis. Concentrations of fifteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Presented study indicates that the use of semipermeable membrane devices can be an effective tool for the analysis of aquatic environment, including monitoring of drinking water, where organic micropollutants are present at very low concentrations.

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Acute toxicity and genotoxicity of aquatic hydrophobic pollutants sampled with semipermeable membrane devices

Cited by 42 publications

References 54 publications

Marine molluscs in environmental monitoring

Marine molluscs in environmental monitoring

Toxicological evaluation of exposed SPMD membranes

Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples from different stages of treatment

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