Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDES) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS) in mussels and two fish species from the estuary of the Guanabara Bay, Southeastern Brazil.

abstract：:Imidacloprid is a nicotine-based, systemic, widely used insecticide. In order to investigate the effects of imidacloprid on the spider Pardosa pseudoannulata (Araneae: Lycosidae), specimens were exposed to different concentrations of imidacloprid (12.5, 25, 50, 100, 200 mg/L) by the dipping method. Surviving spiders w...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Chen XQ,Xiao Y,Wu LB,Chen Y,Peng Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of a GC-MS analysis for targeted pesticides i.e. dieldrin, endosulfan, pp-DDT, endrin, HCB, heptachlor, mirex and aldrin in the Kafue Flats of Zambia are presented. Analysis was done in soils, sediments, water and vegetation samples from the Lochinvar and Blue Lagoon National Parks along the Kafue River. A val...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sichilongo K,Banda D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field study was conducted to evaluate the phytoremediation efficiency of cadmium (Cd) contaminated soil utilizing the Cd hyperaccumulator Beta vulgaris L. var. cicla during one growing season (about 2 months) on farmland in Zhangshi Irrigation Area, the representative wastewater irrigation area in China. Results sho...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Song X,Hu X,Ji P,Li Y,Chi G,Song Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to confirm the utility of the Comet assay as a genotoxicity screening test for evaluating the impact of walnut husk aqueous extract. Phytotoxicity assays using diluted and undiluted walnut husk aqueous extracts were performed on young roots of Raphanus sativus (radish), and the Comet assay wa...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Petriccione M,Ciniglia C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluopicolide, a relatively new fungicide is used for control of downy mildew of grape. Persistence study of fluopicolide was carried out on grape berries following treatment of the combination product, fluopicolide 4.44% + fosetyl aluminium 66.7% (Profiler 71.14 WG) at the recommended and double the recommended dose o...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mohapatra S,Ahuja AK,Deepa M,Jagdish GK,Rashmi N,Kumar S,Prakash GS

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) such as benz[a]anthracene (BA) and dibenz[a,h]anthracene (DBA), which are considered toxic, are frequently found in contaminated soils in Mexico. A laboratory-scale study monitored the degradation of the mixture of these two PAHs in three soils from different Mexican states (Tab...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Corona L,Dendooven L,Chicken A,Hernández O,Iturbe R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field study in the Pearl River Delta of China was conducted in order to describe to the spatial and seasonal variation of occurrence and concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) in surface water and sediments. Petroleum hydrocarbons and isoprenoid alkanes were quantified by UV spectroscopy and gas chromat...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhao J,Yin P,Zhao L,Yu Q,Lu G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of LC(50) and a sublethal concentration of lead nitrate on the activities of alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, lipase and urease in the kidneys and ovaries of a teleost fish, Channa punctatus has been examined after 96 hr and 30 days respectively. The results show that all the f...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sastry KV,Agrawal MK

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total mercury (Hg) content of the soft tissues of cultured oysters of the genus Crassostrea obtained during the dry and rainy seasons at sampling sites of NW Mexico with different degrees of urbanization, was determined by cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Hg levels ranged from 0.05 to 0.37 µg/g (dry...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Delgado-Álvarez CG,Ruelas-Inzunza J,Osuna-López JI,Voltolina D,Frías-Espericueta MG

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the presence and level of pesticide residues in wheat and khat samples collected from various localities of Ethiopia. The khat samples from Galemso and Aseno had p,p'-DDT concentrations ranged from 141.2 to 973.0 μg/Kg and 194.3-999.0 μg/Kg, respectively. Diazinon was detected in all the...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Daba D,Hymete A,Bekhit AA,Mohamed AM,Bekhit Ael-D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound can be used to induce cell resonance and cavitation to inhibit cyanobacterial growth, but it can also lead to increase in dissolved nutrients because of cell disruption. This study investigated the process from cell inactivation to disruption of Microcystis aeruginosa. Algal cells were sonicated (at 35 kHz)...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Tan X,Shu X,Guo J,Parajuli K,Zhang X,Duan Z

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged use of biosolids with high metal content may result in diffuse pollution across large regions, especially if such ions can move freely through the soil profile and reach underground water sources. The objective of this study was to verify whether Cr added to the soil surface in the form of hydrolysed leather...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bavaresco J,Fink JR,Rodrigues ML,Gianello C,Barrón V,Torrent J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study has demonstrated that anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil causes acute toxicity and interferes with the growth of green microalgae, Scenedesmus vacuolatus. It accumulates in microalgae biomass with bioaccumulation factor of 1.84 × 10(4) and further integrates into the DNA and RNA of microalgae. In addition, the l...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ud-Daula A,Pfister G,Schramm KW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the detection power of a gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC-MS) for procymidone and chlorflurenol was significantly enhanced using switchable solvent liquid phase microextraction (SS-LPME) as a preconcentration tool. This was achieved by a comprehensive optimization of significant parameters to th...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kapukıran F,Fırat M,Chormey DS,Bakırdere S,Özdoğan N

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium, lead, mercury and chromium concentrations in fish muscle tissue taken from various Sicilian areas were detected. Fish caught in Siracusa, nearby a petrochemical industrial area, were more contaminated by cadmium, lead and chromium (respectively 0.366, 0.32, 0.72 μg/g) than those from the other sites. In the S...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Copat C,Bella F,Castaing M,Fallico R,Sciacca S,Ferrante M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of the insecticidal Cry1Ab protein from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) by various crops from soils on which Bt corn had previously grown was determined. In 2005, the Cry1Ab protein was detected by Western blot in tissues (leaves plus stems) of basil, carrot, kale, lettuce, okra, parsnip, radish, snap bean, and...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Icoz I,Andow D,Zwahlen C,Stotzky G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earthworms are bioindicators of soil pollution. The ecotoxicity of tailings from selected gold mines in South Africa was investigated utilizing Eisenia andrei bioassays and biomarkers. Samples were obtained from unrehabilitated, rehabilitated and naturally vegetated sites. Biomass, neutral red retention time (NRRT), s...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Maboeta MS,Oladipo OG,Botha SM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, a simple, mono step deep eutectic solvent (DES) extraction was developed for selective extraction of copper from sediment samples. The optimization of all experimental parameters, e.g. DES type, sample/DES ratio, contact time and temperature were performed with using BCR-280 R (lake sediment cert...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bağda E,Altundağ H,Tüzen M,Soylak M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and rapid focused ultrasound extraction method was developed for the determination of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in liver tissue obtained of giant toad (Rhinella marina) using a gas chromatography coupled to a mass detector with electron impact ionization. The performed method for POPs, was validate...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Flores-Ramírez R,Espinosa-Reyes G,Cilia-López VG,González-Mille DJ,Rodríguez-Aguilar M,Díaz de León-Martínez L,Díaz-Barriga F

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Twenty five days of hourly air sampling at seven parking garages of the enclosed type indicated a mean carbon monoxide concentration of 58.1 ppm (S.D. ± 23.15, and S.E. ± 4.63). This degree of exposure for eight hours each day poses a potential occupational hazard to those already having some degree of impa...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ramsey JM

更新日期：1967-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONCLUSIONS:Selective partition by vapor solvent sweeping, on borosilicate wool, of organochlorine pesticides from fruit and vegetable extracts in the present apparatus and with the present technique provides sufficient cleanup for subsequent electron capture detector analysis. Amounts of organochlorine pesticides from...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mestres R,Barthes F

更新日期：1966-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diets of Indigenous people rely on food and medicinal plants harvested directly from the land and there is increasing concern from Indigenous knowledge holders over changes to the appearance and flavor of wild harvested food and medicinal plants. We collected samples of muskrat root, considered an important medici...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Gray MA,Walker EM,Brooks C,deMarsh L

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:The UV spectra of 29 chlorobiphenyls have been examined. With increasing chloro substitution in which there are less than two chlorine groups ortho to the Ph-Ph bond the lambdamax values for the K band (attributed to the conjugation between the two phenyl rings) are shifted to longer wavelengths and for the more high...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： MacNeil JD,Safe S,Hutzinger O

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel analytical approach has been developed and evaluated for the quantitative analysis of 15 organophorous pesticides residues in camellia oils. The proposed methodology is based on acetonitrile/water (3:1, V/V) extraction, followed by matrix solid-phase dispersion, using aminopropyl as dispersant material. Then g...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Liu Y,Shen D,Tang F

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manure, soil, and vegetable samples were collected from different-sized livestock farms in Xinxiang, China. The residues of sulfadiazine, sulfamonomethoxine, and sulfamethoxazole were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography. The results indicated that the concentration ranges of the three total sulfonamides...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Jin C,Wei S,Sun R,Zou W,Zhang X,Zhou Q,Liu R,Huang L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to biomonitor the tolerance level of roadside plant species towards mitigation of air pollution for the development of greenbelt. The leaves of four plant species (Azadirachta indica, Ficus benghalensis, Melia azedarach and Polyalthia longifolia) were collected from 41 sampling sites of...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Yadav R,Pandey P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to aquatic vertebrates, there is scarce available information on the contrasting tolerance to fluoride of different life stages and/or sizes of aquatic invertebrates. The purpose of this study was to assess the likely differences in sensitivity between juveniles and adults of the aquatic snail Potamopyrgus...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Aguirre-Sierra A,Alonso A,Camargo JA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the acid rain and concurrent meteorological observational data during the past 10 years in Fujian Province, China, the dependence of distribution characteristics of acid rain on season, rain rate, weather pattern and dominant airflow in four regions of Fujian Province is analyzed. On the annual average, the a...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Cai YY,Lin CC,Liu JX,Wu DH,Lian DY,Chen BB

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00