Ecotoxicity of Nitrogen, Sulfur, or Oxygen Heterocycles and Short-Chained Alkyl Phenols Commonly Detected in Contaminated Groundwater.

abstract：:Firemaster 550 and Firemaster BZ-54 are two brominated formulations that are in use as replacements for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants. Two major components of these mixtures are 2,3,4,5-tetrabromo-ethylhexylbenzoate (TBB) and 2,3,4,5-tetrabromo-bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (TBPH). Both have been...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bearr JS,Stapleton HM,Mitchelmore CL

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcystins (MCs) are potent hepatotoxins acting by the inhibition of protein phosphatase 1 and 2A, and may promote liver tumors. Moreover, studies also suggest they are nephrotoxic. The aim of the present study was to assess possible in vitro effects of microcystin-LR (which contains the amino acids leucine and argi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Rymuszka A,Sierosławska A,Bownik A,Skowroński T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, biphenyl-2,2',6,6'-tetracarbaldehyde, an initial byproduct formed from the ozonation of pyrene, and biphenyl-2,2',6,6'-tetracarboxylic acid, a subsequent pyrene ozonation byproduct, were evaluated using two toxicology assays to compare the toxicity of ozonation byproducts with that of the parent compoun...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Luster-Teasley SL,Ganey PE,DiOrio M,Ward JS 3rd,Maleczka RE Jr,Trosko JE,Masten SJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seeking to make greater use of available data for risk assessment of substances, we constructed, for the situation in which chronic data are limited or even nonexistent but acute data are relatively large, an acute to chronic transformation (ACT) methodology based on the concept of species sensitivity distributions (S...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Duboudin C,Ciffroy P,Magaud H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic compounds in sediments are known to distribute between rapid, slowly, and very slowly desorbing sites. This distribution is relevant to bioavailability and risk assessment of organic compounds in sediment. In this study, the fraction desorbing to Tenax in 6 h was measured for a range of organic compounds in se...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： van Noort PC,Cornelissen G,ten HT,Belfoid A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation of plasticizers by the yeast Rhodotorula rubra J-96-1 (American Type Culture Collection 9449) in the presence of glucose was studied. The plasticizers included the commonly used bis-2-ethylhexyl adipate (B(EH)A), dioctyl phthalate (DOP), and dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP), and the less commonly used dipr...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Gartshore J,Cooper DG,Nicell JA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) petroleum crude oil was used to generate NIST water-accommodated hydrocarbon fractions (WAFs) for standardized assessment of crude oil effects on the copepod Amphiascus tenuiremis. Effects were assessed using a 96-well microplate, full life-cycle test. Bri...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Bejarano AC,Chandler GT,He L,Cary TL,Ferry JL

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES) is extensively used as pH buffer in culture media for testing chemicals. However, this study demonstrates that 0.01 M HEPES significantly reduces the rate of Cu, Pb, and Cd binding to Porphyra spp. and Enteromorpha spp. marine macroalgae. The HEPES also d...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Vasconcelos MT,Leal MF

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissolved uptake rate constant (k(u)), dietary assimilation efficiency (AE), and efflux rate constant (k(e)) of cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) were quantified in a freshwater zooplankton Daphnia magna cultured at different ambient calcium (Ca) concentrations. The animals were first acclimated to different ambient Ca l...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Tan QG,Wang WX

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microplastics are emerging threat contaminants that have been shown to provide toxic pollutants, either from the environment or from their inherent toxic monomers and additives, a pathway into the aquatic food web. In the present study, the occurrence, abundance, and composition of microplastic load in the surface wat...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Migwi FK,Ogunah JA,Kiratu JM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, susceptibility to oxidative stress was analyzed under laboratory conditions in the European eel Anguilla anguilla. Eels were treated with increasing concentrations of benchmark environmental pollutants, namely, benzo[a]pyrene ([BaP], at 0, 0.1, 1, 10, and 50 mg/kg), beta-naphthoflavone ([BNF], at 0, 0.1,...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Regoli F,Winston GW,Gorbi S,Frenzilli G,Nigro M,Corsi I,Focardi S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of point-source and diffuse discharges on resident populations of brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus (LeSueur, 1819)) in the Waikato River (New Zealand) were assessed at sites both upstream and downstream of point-source discharges. At each site, the population parameters, relative abundance, age s...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： West DW,Ling N,Hicks BJ,Tremblay LA,Kim ND,Van den Heuvel MR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three methods for estimating the octanol-water partition coefficient (Kow) based on its relationship with capacity factors on reversed-phase (RP) high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns were compared in terms of their applicability to highly hydrophobic compounds (HHCs). Methods based on simple isocratic...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Hayward SJ,Lei YD,Wania F

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ivory gull Pagophila eburnea is a high-Arctic species threatened by climate change and contaminants. The objective of the present study was to assess spatial variation of contaminant levels (organochlorines [OCs], brominated flame retardants [BFRs], perfluorinated alkyl substances [PFASs], and mercury [Hg]) in ivo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Lucia M,Verboven N,Strøm H,Miljeteig C,Gavrilo MV,Braune BM,Boertmann D,Gabrielsen GW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three environmental multimedia models of varying degrees of complexity are compared to assess when simple models are adequate and when more complex models are advantageous. The simplest model, the level II (L-II) model, assumes all environmental media are at chemical equilibrium, whereas the more complex models treat ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Cahill TM,Mackay D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past two decades, the phenomenon of hormesis has gained increased recognition. To promote research in hormesis, a sound statistical quantification of important parameters, such as the level and significance of the increase in response and the range of concentration where it occurs, is strongly needed. Here,...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Cedergreen N,Ritz C,Streibig JC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is presented for extending the target lipid model (TLM) of narcotic toxicity to polar narcotic chemicals. The proposed polyparameter TLM extends the applicability of the TLM by including polar compounds and removing explicit chemical class corrections. The validity of the model is tested using a data set of 1...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Kipka U,Di Toro DM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical substances other than pesticides, drugs, and food additives are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), but the United States does not require that new substances be tested automatically for such critical properties as biodegradability. T...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Boethling RS,Lynch DG,Thom GC

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the occurrence and concentration of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured in game ducks (13 compounds), water, sediment, and soils (33 compounds) in waterways in Victoria, Australia. The study aimed to identify potential ecological and human health risks from measured PFAS conc...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Sharp S,Sardiña P,Metzeling L,McKenzie R,Leahy P,Menkhorst P,Hinwood A

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The univariate effects of Ca, pH, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) on chronic (48-h) Pb toxicity to the freshwater rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus were investigated. High pH (8.2) and higher concentrations of DOC were protective against filtered Pb toxicity, whereas Ca was not. However, expressed as the free Pb2+ io...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Nys C,Janssen CR,De Schamphelaere KA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable sizes of nanoparticles, ranging from nano to micro scale, are of toxicological interest. In the present study, the authors hypothesized that, in addition to the size, the shape of iron oxide (Fe2O3) nanoparticles is a major factor that contributes to particle cytotoxicity. Cytotoxicity to mouse macrophage cel...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Lee JH,Ju JE,Kim BI,Pak PJ,Choi EK,Lee HS,Chung N

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leeches are widespread, found in many freshwater habitats, and have diverse dietary habits. Despite their close phylogenetic relationships to Mollusca, a phylum with species affected by exogenous estrogens, it is unclear whether Hirudinea may also be impacted. A whole-lake experiment was done at the Experimental Lakes...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Kidd KA,Graves SD,McKee GI,Dyszy K,Podemski CL

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loewe's additivity (concentration addition) is a well-known model for predicting the toxic effects of chemical mixtures under the additivity assumption of toxicity. However, from the perspective of chemical risk assessment and/or management, it is important to identify chemicals whose toxicities are additive when pres...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Takeshita J,Seki M,Kamo M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluvalinate has been extensively used in the United States to combat honey bee colony loss due to Varroa destructor mites. Our objectives were to investigate the extent of fluvalinate contamination in commercially available wax and to define exposure pathways to larval and adult honey bees. All the commercial wax test...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Fulton CA,Huff Hartz KE,Reeve JD,Lydy MJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent laboratory investigations into the bioaccumulation and toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) have focused on low-level, time-variable exposures to early life-stage fish. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon body-burden residues reported in these studies were lower than critical body-burden residues pred...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Mathew R,McGrath JA,Di Toro DM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of dietary methylmercury (MeHg) on immune system development in captive-reared nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius) to determine whether T cell-mediated and antibody-mediated adaptive immunity are targets for MeHg toxicity at environmentally relevant concentrations. Nestlings ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Fallacara DM,Halbrook RS,French JB

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of a terrestrial biotic ligand model (TBLM) for higher plants requires a root-Cu accumulation value that corresponds to the 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50). However, it is not yet known which of the two previously reported Cu-binding ligands on the root is associated with Cu toxicity. The aim of the pr...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Antunes PM,Hale BA,Ryan AC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of chemicals as bioaccumulative in the regulatory process makes use of the bioconcentration factor as a metric. However, this metric does not account for the dietary uptake route and therefore cannot be applied to terrestrial food chains. In recent years, the biomagnification factor (BMF) and the trophi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Goss KU,Brown TN,Endo S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earthworms were shown to significantly avoid soils spiked with Pb at concentrations lower than or comparable to concentrations that demonstrate significant effects for other endpoints. It was also shown that inclusion of a microorganism-produced volatile compound that attracts earthworms, ethyl valerate, decreased avo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Syed Z,Alexander D,Ali J,Unrine J,Shoults-Wilson WA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate possible relationships between polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure and infectious disease mortality in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in United Kingdom waters, summed blubber concentrations of 25 chlorobiphenyl congeners (sigma25CB) in healthy harbor porpoises that died of acute physical traum...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Jepson PD,Bennett PM,Deaville R,Allchin CR,Baker JR,Law RJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00