Assessment of the effects of soil PAH accumulation by a battery of ecotoxicological tests

Manzo, Sonia; Nicola, Flavia De; Picione, F. De Luca; Maisto, Giulia; Alfani, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.12.026

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“…The potential phytotoxicity of ionic liquids not only depends on the quantity and quality of soil colloids, but it can also be determined by the amount of a ionic liquid in the substrate and the genetic features of species or varieties [8,15,21,37,39]. At present, phytotoxicity tests are widely used in the biomonitoring of the quality of agriculturally utilized sewage sludges [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53], residues of PAHs and pesticides [50,[56][57][58][59], or the heavy metal contents of soil [58].…”

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Comparison of Phytotoxicity of Selected Phosphonium Ionic Liquid

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Bałczewski

Pawłowska

et al. 2014

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Ionic liquids have attracted considerable interest in various areas as new, non-volatile and nonflammable organic solvents, catalysts, reaction additives, ligands, drugs and other dedicated materials etc. Their general use, sometimes in bulky quantities, requires determination of their potential ecotoxicity on selected organisms. In the present work, influence of triphenylmethylphosphonium iodide (1) and triphenylhexadecylphosphonium iodide (2), introduced to soil, on germination and early stages of growth and development of superior plants was investigated using the plant growth test based on the OECD/OCDE 208/2006. In this test, the seeds of selected species, i.e. land superior plants -spring barley (Hordeum vulgare) and common radish (Raphanus sativus L. subvar. radicula Pers.) were planted in pots containing soil to which a test chemical compound had been added and in pots with control soil. To evaluate the phytotoxicity of ionic liquids 1 and 2 germination and weight (dry and fresh) of control plant seedlings were determined and compared with the germination and weight (dry and fresh) of the seedlings of plants grown in the soil watered with appropriate amounts of the test chemicals. The visual assessment of any types of damage to the test species, such as growth inhibition, chlorosis and necrosis, was also carried out and documented by digital photographs. Based on the obtained results, magnitudes of the LOEC -the lowest concentration causing observable effects in the form of reduction in growth and germination compared with the control and the NOEC -the highest concentration not causing observable, toxic effects -were also determined.

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“…Biotests that are most commonly used in contemporary ecotoxicological studies include Microtox® [1-3, 10, 21, 26, 47-49]. Algaltoxkit F and Marine Algaltoxkit [27,32,44,50], Phytotoxkit [38,[50][51][52], Daphtoxkit F magma and Daphtoxkit F pulex [1,25], and Ostracodtoxkit F [42,[52][53][54].…”

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Comparison of Phytotoxicity of Selected Phosphonium Ionic Liquid

Biczak

Bałczewski

Pawłowska

et al. 2014

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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“…The value of the pollution-sensitive Heterocypris incongruens as a biomonitor was proved when ecotoxicological laboratory tests were evaluated by monitoring the relationship between growth inhibition (at sublethal pollution levels), immobilization and mortality in contaminated sediments from various rivers in Belgium and Canada (Chial & Persoone 2002a, b, c;Chial et al 2003). Specimens from urban and industrial sites demonstrated that this species is particularly sensitive to the toxicity of PAHs (Manzo et al 2008) and hydrophobic compounds (Hamdi et al 2006;Oleszczuk 2008).…”

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Microbiotic signatures of the Anthropocene in marginal marine and freshwater palaeoenvironments

Wilkinson

Poirier

Head

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The term 'Anthropocene' has been proposed to indicate a geological interval characterized by global anthropogenic environmental change. This paper attempts to recognize a method by which the Anthropocene can be defined micropalaeontologically. In order to do this, microfloras and microfaunas (diatoms, macrophytes, dinoflagellate cysts, foraminifera and ostracods) from nearshore waters through to paralic and freshwater aquatic milieux are considered, and biotic variability with an anthropogenic causation identified. Microbiotic change can be related to anthropogenically induced extinctions, pollution-related mutation, environmentally influenced assemblage variability, geochemistry of carapaces/tests, floral change related to lacustrine acidification, faunal and floral correlation to industrial and agricultural signatures and introduction of exotic species via shipping. The influence of humanity on a local scale can be recognized in assemblages as far back as 5000 years BP. However, widespread anthropogenic change took place in Europe and America, particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although in Asia (e.g. Japan) it cannot be observed prior to the twentieth century. Profound and global biotic change began in the midtwentieth century and, if the Anthropocene is to be defined in this way, then the period 1940-1945 might encompass the biotic base of the interval.

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“…[2] PAHs are mainly generated from incomplete combustion and pyrolysis of organic material, such as wood, coal, oil, petrol and plastics. [3,4] Numerous studies have reported elevated PAH concentrations in urban soils and sediments. [5][6][7] Owing to their carcinogenic and noncarcinogenic properties and widespread distributions in the global environment, PAHs have attracted the attention of sundry environmental chemists and regulatory agencies for many years.…”

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Assessment of cancer and noncancer health risks from exposure to PAHs in street dust in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

Obiri

Cobbina

Armah

et al. 2013

Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A

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This study is part of a broader initiative to characterize, quantify and assess the human health risk associated with exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in street dust along the Trans-ECOWAS highway in West Africa. In the first part, PAHs were characterized and quantified in low- and high-traffic zones. In this study, cancer and noncancer human health risks from exposure to (PAHs) in street dust in the Tamale metropolis, Ghana were assessed in accordance with the USEPA risk assessment guidelines. The results of the study as obtained from inhalation of benzo [a] anthracene (BaA), benzo [a] pyrene (BaP), benzo [k] fluoranthene (BkF) and chrysene via central tendency exposure parameters (CTE) by trespassers (street hawkers including children and adults) in street dust within low traffic zones in the Tamale metropolis are 1.6E-02, 4.7E-02, 1.8E-03, and 1.6E-04 respectively. For reasonable maximum exposure parameters (RME), risk values of 1.2E-01, 3.5E-01, 1.3E-02 and 1.2E-03 respectively were obtained for benzo [a] anthracene, benzo [a] pyrene, benzo [k] fluoranthene and chrysene. Hazard index for acenaphthene, anthracene, fluoranthene, fluorine, naphthalene and pyrene in the CTE and RME scenarios were 2.2, 3.E-01, 2.6, 2.6, 100, 38 and 12, 1.7,15, 14, 550, 210 respectively. Generally, the cancer health risk associated with inhalation of benzo [a] anthracene, benzo [a] pyrene, benzo [k] fluoranthene and chrysene revealed that resident adults and children in the Tamale metropolis are at risk from exposure to these chemicals. The results of this preliminary assessment that quantified PAH related health risks along this part of the Trans-ECOWAS highway revealed that, there is the need for regulatory agencies to put in comprehensive measures to mitigate the risks posed to these categories of human receptors.

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Assessment of the effects of soil PAH accumulation by a battery of ecotoxicological tests

Cited by 53 publications

References 27 publications

Comparison of Phytotoxicity of Selected Phosphonium Ionic Liquid

Comparison of Phytotoxicity of Selected Phosphonium Ionic Liquid

Microbiotic signatures of the Anthropocene in marginal marine and freshwater palaeoenvironments

Assessment of cancer and noncancer health risks from exposure to PAHs in street dust in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana

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