Use of Early Life-Stages of Zebrafish to Assess Toxicity of Sediments Contaminated by Organotin Compounds

Sahoo, Tapan Kumar; Oikari, Aimo

doi:10.1080/15320383.2016.1111293

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“…Lake Höytiäinen sediment has been used in several studies as substrate and considered as clean (Leppänen and Kukkonen 1998 ); it even is the substrate of our C. riparius cultures. On the other hand, the sediment from Huruslahti bay received historically a high load of chemicals from, for example, the wood processing industry and has a high load of tributyltin (TBT) and metals (Sahoo and Oikari 2016 ). Differences in the organic carbon (OC) are most probable cause of the differences found between the two sediments, most remarkable in the dry weight of the worms (Fig.…”

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Toxicity of Tire Rubber Microplastics to Freshwater Sediment Organisms

Carrasco-Navarro

Nuutinen

Sorvari

et al. 2021

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol

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High emission of tire rubber particles to the surrounding environment is an inevitable consequence of the current habits of transportation. Although most of the emissions stay within a close range of the sources, it has been proven that the smallest particles can be transported to remote locations through the atmosphere, including inland water bodies. It has been estimated that a relevant portion of the global emissions of tire rubber particles reach surface waters, but effects on aquatic life in the receiving water bodies are not completely understood. In the present study, we used the freshwater sediment dwellers Lumbriculus variegatus and Chironomus riparius to examine the toxicity of tire rubber particles at environmentally relevant concentrations, using different types of sediment and two particle sizes of tire rubber. Overall, the experiments were unable to discern any effects on the growth, survival or reproduction of the two animals tested. Significant differences were found among the animals dwelling on different sediments, but the effects were not attributable to the presence of tire rubber particles. This study provides important information regarding the lack of effect of tire rubber particles in laboratory experiments with model sediment dwellers and opens more questions about the potential effects of tire rubber particles in the real environment with longer durations and varying environmental factors. The influence of other factors such as the leaching of additives in the overall toxicity of tire rubber particles should be also considered.

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Toxicity of Tire Rubber Microplastics to Freshwater Sediment Organisms

Carrasco-Navarro

Nuutinen

Sorvari

et al. 2021

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol

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“…Since the first evidence of TBT causing imposex in gastropod mollusks was reported in the 1970s, a number of studies have been devoted to assess the toxicity of BTs to different organisms (Matthiessen and Gibbs 1998;Giraud-Billoud et al 2013;Graceli et al 2013;Lopes-dos-Santos et al 2014). The susceptibility of individuals to toxic exposure of BTs may differ due to their different genotypes, rate of metabolism, ontogenetic development, and environmental conditions (Fent 1996;Fernandez et al 2005;Sahoo and Oikari 2016). As a consequence, the effect concentration (EC) of BTs to different organisms falls in a wide range.…”

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“…The early stage of embryos and larvae is generally used as a model for assessing the water quality, since they are more susceptible to toxicant than in their adult stages (Sahoo and Oikari 2016). For instance, Lau et al (2007) performed an acute toxicity test of TBT to different stages of polychaete, Hydroides elegans, i.e., eggs, two cells, trochophores, juveniles, and adults, in static seawater.…”

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The importance of environmental factors and matrices in the adsorption, desorption, and toxicity of butyltins: a review

Fang

et al. 2017

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Butyltins (BTs) are considered as a group of the most important organometallic compounds in industry and agriculture. Due to their widespread use, large amounts of BTs including tributyltin (TBT), dibutyltin (DBT), and monobutyltin (MBT) have entered into the environment, and subsequently causing detrimental effects on humans and aquatic organisms. This work provides a critical review of recent studies on the adsorption, desorption, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of BTs that can notably influence the distribution of BTs in the environment. Influence of environmental factors (e.g., pH and salinity) and adsorbents in the matrices (e.g., minerals, organic carbons, and quartz) on the adsorption, desorption, and toxicity of BTs is particularly addressed.

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