Heavy metals concentrations in fish from Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) and evaluation of possible health risks to consumers.

abstract：:This study shows the effect of soil type and temperature on the adsorption and desorption behaviour of pendimethalin using a batch equilibration technique. Adsorption kinetics followed pseudo-second-order-model (R2 > 0.99). The shape of adsorption curve for studied soils was S-type at 30 and 40°C and L-type at 50°C. T...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kaur P,Makkar A,Kaur P,Shilpa

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In fish, selenium can bioaccumulate and cause adverse impacts. One of the fish species potentially at risk from selenium in the San Francisco Bay (California, USA) is the splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus). Previous studies have derived a whole body NOAEL and LOAEL of 9.0 and 12.9 mg/kg-dw, respectively, for sele...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rigby MC,Deng X,Grieb TM,Teh SJ,Hung SS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoremediation, a technique dependent on the heavy metal bioaccumulation and translocation in different parts of plants, is an efficient and environment friendly method for decontamination of soils from metals. In the present study, the bioaccumulation and translocation of heavy metals was analyzed in different part...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kaur R,Bhatti SS,Singh S,Singh J,Singh S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil and groundwater from long-term (>50 years) tannery effluent irrigated areas of Kanpur were analyzed and significant buildup of heavy metals such as Cr, Ni, Cd, Pb, Zn, and As in the range of 252-972, 23-30, 2.3-14.1, 23.7-58.8, 138-338 and 6.8-11 mg kg-1, respectively in soil was found. Few groundwater samples in...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Dotaniya ML,Meena VD,Rajendiran S,Coumar MV,Saha JK,Kundu S,Patra AK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth study and hydrocarbonoclastic potential of microorganisms isolated from aviation fuel spill sites at Inua-eyet Ikot in Ibeno, Nigeria were examined using standard microbiological methods. The results of the analysis revealed that the viable plate count of microorganisms in the polluted soil ranged from 2.2 ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Etuk CU,John RC,Ekong UE,Akpan MM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) in ambient air and farmland soil sampled in 2006 around an e-waste dismantling area with open burning of insulated wires in Longtang in south China were investigated. The total toxic equivalent concentrations of PCDD/Fs were 3.2-31.7 pg/m(3) in air and 5.8 ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ren M,Tang YH,Peng PA,Cai Y

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urea is the most frequently applied nitrogen (N) fertilizer in agriculture, while its loss is assumed triggering algal blooms in adjacent water bodies. In this context the present study assessed the growth, photosynthetic activity as well as toxin production of Microcystis aeruginosa at different urea concentrations (...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Huang W,Bi Y,Hu Z

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, juvenile catfish (Clarias gariepinus) were exposed to 2 mg/L Pb, 0.5 μg/L cypermethrin, or both for 96 h. Survival ranged from 100% in both treatments without cypermethrin, to 50% in fish exposed to cypermethrin only or the mixture. There were significant decreases in liver lysozyme, γ-glutamyl transpep...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Adeyemi JA,Adewale OO,Oguma AY

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil survey was carried out to determine the levels and sources and concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in 2 semi-rural terrains in Mexico City (Tlahuac and Milpa Alta) during 2008-2009. PAH determination was made by Soxhlet extraction and chromatographic clean-up with final analysis by gas chromat...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ortiz R,Vega S,Gutiérrez R,Gibson R,Schettino B,Ramirez Mde L

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of zinc (Zn) in Cichorium intybus and effects of phytotoxicity during 90 days of growth on (natural) non-contaminated and Zn-contaminated soils were studied. The phytotoxicity effects were monitored by evaluating the leaf area, leaf biomass, leaf length and root length of the vegetable. The Zn concent...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wolf M,Paulino AT

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate for the first time histopathologic effects of carbaryl on the testes of adult frog, Pelophylax bedriagae. Frogs were exposed to carbaryl once by oral gavage in concentrations of 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2 mg/g. After 96 h, frogs were euthanized and dissected. Histopathological changes we...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Çakıcı Ö

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of lethal and sublethal effects of crude oil and dispersants on mesozooplankton are important to understanding ecosystem impacts of oil spills in marine environments. Here we (1) establish median lethal concentrations for water accommodated fractions of Corexit EC9500A dispersant, MC-252 crude oil (WAF), and...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Cohen JH,McCormick LR,Burkhardt SM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, fast and effective pre-concentration procedure for the extraction of benzene, toluene and xylenes isomers (BTX) was developed using an ultrasound-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction coupled with gas chromatography-flame ionization detector in water samples. The effects of different experimental...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Khajeh M,Zadeh FM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain microbes can biotransform antibiotics. Little is known about these microbes or the biotransformation processes. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of background nutrient conditions on a sulfonamide degrading culture and on its biotransformation of sulfadiazine (SDZ) with respect to transf...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Levine RE,Zhang Y,Leng Y,Snow DD,Cassada D,Durso LM,Li X

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Average initial deposits of flubendiamide on chili were found to be 1.06 and 2.00 mg kg(-1), respectively, following two applications of flubendiamide 480SC at 60 and 120 g a.i. ha(-1) at 10 days interval. More than 80% of flubendiamide residues dissipated just after 3 days of the last application at both the dosages....

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sahoo SK,Sharma RK,Battu RS,Singh B

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissemination of antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) from hospital wastewaters (HWWs) is facilitated by the horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and involves association of ARGs with mobile genetic elements (MGEs). In our previous study, HWWs were found to have relatively high copy numbers of ARGs aadA, tetA, cmlA, sul1, and ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kayali O,Icgen B

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the environmental behavior of different types of automotive lubricant oils. Based on respirometry assays the biodegradability was monitored, and toxicological tests were executed to assess the lubricants toxicity before and after microbial activity. Used oil was the most bio...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lopes PR,Montagnolli RN,de Fátima Domingues R,Bidoia ED

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mean particulate polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans (PBDD/Fs) levels for Guangzhou were in the range of 225-2244 fg/m(3) and showed the spatial trend of background < suburb areas < urban area < industrial area, suggesting the industrial and urban sources of PBDD/Fs. The most abundant congeners were 2,3,7,8-TB...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Li H,Zhou L,Mo L,Peng P,Sheng G,Fu J,Yu Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When male and female coturnix quail (Coturnix coturnix) were given a single subacute oral dose (5.62 mg/kg) of the avian frightening agent 4-aminopyridine (4AP) and paired with untreated mates, there was no effect on the reproductive performance of males; egg production of females was reduced the third week after trea...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Schafer EW,Brunton RB,Lockyer NF

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury accumulation was investigated by constructing and testing empirical equations based on mercury in soil (C(s)) and in 10 terrestrial insects (C(i)). C(s) ranged from 0.13 to 41.01 mg/kg. C(i) differed with species and the highest was found in dragonfly. C(s) and C(i) showed a good linear fit, and a simple equat...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhang Z,Song X,Wang Q,Lu X

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2000, a coal slurry impoundment failure in Martin County, Kentucky, caused concerns about contaminants entering municipal water supplies. Water samples taken from impacted and reference area hot water tanks often exceeded US EPA drinking water guidelines. Concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Pb had maxima ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wigginton A,McSpirit S,Sims CD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mass balance model was developed to estimate prescription pharmaceutical loadings to municipal wastewater treatment plants via computation of influent concentrations (C(IN)). Model estimates of C(IN) were compared with published data and found to be accurate within an order of magnitude for some 90% of the drugs eva...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ottmar KJ,Colosi LM,Smith JA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different resilience concepts have different assumptions about system dynamics, which has implications for resilience-based environmental risk and impact assessment. Engineering resilience (recovery) dominates in the risk assessment literature but this definition does not account for the possibility of ecosystems to e...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Angeler DG,Allen CR,Garmestani A,Pope KL,Twidwell D,Bundschuh M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, zebrafish embryos were used to assess the neurotoxicity of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), diethyl phthalate (DEP) and their mixture. Four-hour post-fertilization (hpf) zebrafish embryos were exposed to various concentrations of DBP, DEP and their mixture (DBP-DEP) until 96 hpf. The transcriptions le...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Xu H,Shao X,Zhang Z,Zou Y,Chen Y,Han S,Wang S,Wu X,Yang L,Chen Z

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil column leaching experiment was conducted to study the vertical migration of phosphorus in aquic brown soil and light chernozem under different phosphorus fertilization rates. The results showed that total dissolved phosphorus concentration in the leachates from the two soils was nearly the same, but dissolved i...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhao M,Chen X,Shi Y,Zhou Q,Lu C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the effect of long-term pesticides and chemical fertilizers application on the microbial communities specifically anammox and denitrification bacteria in rice field soils. The abundances of microbial communities (16S rDNA), anammox (hszB), and denitrification (narG, nirK, nirS, and nosZ)...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rahman MM,Nahar K,Ali MM,Sultana N,Karim MM,Adhikari UK,Rauf M,Azad MAK

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open top chambers were used to study the changes in photosynthesis, physiology and stomata characteristics in 1-year-old Lonicera maackii seedlings exposed to drought (DT, 30%-35% soil saturated water content) or/and elevated ozone (EO, 80 ppb). The results showed that DT or/and EO significantly decreased net photosyn...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Xu S,Fu W,He X,Chen W,Zhang W,Li B,Huang Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, surface soil samples from 14 representative college school yards in Xi'an, the capital city of Shaanxi province, China, were collected and analyzed for 21 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). The total concentrations were in the ranges of 0.2-67.0 ng/g. HCHs and DDTs were the most dominant compounds among ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lu H,Liu W

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil mercury concentrations at a typical small-scale mine site in the Bolivian Andes were elevated (28-737 mg/kg or ppm) in localized areas where mercury amalgams were either formed or vaporized to release gold, but was not detectable beyond approximately 10 m from its sources. Arsenic was measurable, exceeding known ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Johnson GD,Pavilonis B,Caravanos J,Grassman J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visible injury to apple foliage from exposure to ozone includes brown stippling on lower leaf surfaces and a light yellow mosaic on upper surfaces. Histologically, chlorophyll is destroyed and palisade and spongy mesophyll cells collapse following disintegration of their protoplasm. Foliar spray applications of the an...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Elfving DC,Gilbert MD,Edgerton LJ,Wilde MH,Lisk DJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00