Toxic effects of dietary methylmercury on immune system development in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius).

abstract：:Field-related influences on polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure were evaluated by employing caged deposit-feeders, Neanthes arenaceodentata, along with polyoxymethylene (POM) samplers using parallel in situ and ex situ bioassays with homogenized untreated or activated carbon (AC) amended sediment. The AC amendment...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Janssen EM,Oen AM,Luoma SN,Luthy RG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The median 96-h lethal zinc concentration (LC50) was 439 microg Zn/L (hardness of 154 mg/L as CaCO3) for feral mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi), decreasing to a median incipient lethal level of 266 microg Zn/L after 13 d. The 30-d chronic value was 255 microg Zn/L. The acute toxicity-hardness (ln-ln) slope of 1.022 exc...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Brinkman S,Woodling J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogenic activity of the effluent from three municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in Nanjing, China, was investigated. The water samples were enriched by solid-phase extraction and then eluted with different polar solvents, which gave 11 fractionated extracts. Chemical analysis and a vitellogenin (Vtg) ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Lu G,Zhang H,Wang C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper toxicity in different embryonic and larval stages of the common South American toad Rhinella arenarum was evaluated by means of continuous and 24-h pulse treatments in 12 different developmental stages. Lethal concentrations (LC) of 10, 50, and 90% of continuous treatment with Cu from early blastula (S.4), comp...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Aronzon CM,Sandoval MT,Herkovits J,Pérezcoll CS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors performed a toxicity test with ciprofloxacin in fertilized eggs of common carp according to guideline 210 of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The tested concentrations were 1 μg L(-1) , 100 μg L(-1) , 500 μg L(-1) , 1000 μg L(-1) , and 3000 μg L(-1) . Accelerated hatching was fou...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zivna D,Plhalova L,Chromcova L,Blahova J,Prokes M,Skoric M,Marsalek P,Praskova E,Stepanova S,Svobodova Z

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instream flows of the rapidly urbanizing watersheds and estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas (USA) are increasingly dominated by reclaimed waters. Though ionizable pharmaceuticals have received increasing attention in freshwaters, many research questions remain unanswered, particularly in tidally influenced urban ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Scott WC,Du B,Haddad SP,Breed CS,Saari GN,Kelly M,Broach L,Chambliss CK,Brooks BW

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic musks were measured in surface sediments collected from the Pearl River Delta and Macao coastal region, South China, to investigate contamination from domestic sewage. Three polycyclic musk compounds-4-acetyl-1,1-dimethyl-6-tert-butylindan, 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta(g)-2-benzopy...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zeng X,Mai B,Sheng G,Luo X,Shao W,An T,Fu J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metals can cause a decrease in the taxonomic diversity of soil communities. Because of functional redundancy, it remains unclear to what extent different functions performed by the soil microbial communities may be affected by pollution. We studied the impact of metal contamination on soil bacterial and fungal f...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Stefanowicz AM,Niklińska M,Laskowski R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyphosate-based herbicides are the most commonly used worldwide because they are effective and relatively nontoxic to nontarget species. Unlimited and uncontrolled use of such pesticides can have serious consequences for human health and ecological balance. The present study evaluated the acute toxicity and genotoxic...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： de Brito Rodrigues L,de Oliveira R,Abe FR,Brito LB,Moura DS,Valadares MC,Grisolia CK,de Oliveira DP,de Oliveira GAR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic pyrethroids (SPs) are a group of hydrophobic compounds with significant aquatic toxicity. Their strong affinity to suspended solids and humic materials suggests that SPs in natural surface water are distributed in solid-adsorbed, dissolved organic matter (DOM)-adsorbed, and freely dissolved phases. The freel...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Liu W,Gan JJ,Lee S,Kabashima JN

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New techniques and software have enabled ubiquitous use of structure-activity relationships (SARs) in the pharmaceutical industry and toxicological sciences. We review the status of SAR technology by using examples to underscore the advances as well as the unique technical challenges. Applying SAR involves two steps: ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Tong W,Welsh WJ,Shi L,Fang H,Perkins R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of lipophilic chemicals requires the development of new techniques to detect these compounds at the cellular and subcellular levels. To address this issue, we have developed a combinational protocol using antibodies directed against chemicals together with a multiple signal amplification system (catalyz...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Einsporn S,Koehler A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the bioaccumulation and dietary retention of 61 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and four polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners in juvenile American kestrels (Falco sparverius). American kestrels were exposed to contaminants via egg injection and daily gavage dosing over the posthatch-to-fle...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Drouillard KG,Fernie KJ,Letcher RJ,Shutt LJ,Whitehead M,Gebink W,Bird DM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalic acid esters are frequently detected in aquatic environments. In the present study, zebrafish were exposed to low concentrations (0 µg/L, 0.46 µg/L, 4.0 µg/L, and 37.5 µg/L) of mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) for 81 d, and the effects on reproduction, gamete quality, plasma vitellogenin (VTG), sex steroid...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Zhu Y,Hua R,Zhou Y,Li H,Quan S,Yu Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced glutathione (GSH) plays a number of key roles in many biochemical pathways. This peptide is highly reactive and forms conjugates with other molecules via its sulfhydryl moiety. The interactions of the common heavy metal pollutant Cd(II) with GSH were determined by using the Brdicka reaction to evaluate whether...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Baloun J,Adam V,Trnkova L,Beklova M,Svobodova Z,Zeman L,Kizek R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dike failure at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Plant in East Tennessee, United States, in December 2008, released approximately 4.1 million m(3) of coal ash into the Emory River. From 2009 through 2012, samples of mayfly nymphs (Hexagenia bilineata) were collected each spring from sites in the Emory,...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Smith JG,Baker TF,Murphy CA,Jett RT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of sensitive, biologically based indicators of contaminant exposure (i.e., biomarkers) is an ongoing topic of research. These indicators have been proposed as a first-tier method of identifying contaminant exposure. The primary objective of this research was to implement a biomarker-based method of exp...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Roberts AP,Oris JT,Burton GA Jr,Clements WH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the effects of mercury (Hg) on wild fish from remote areas, even though these fish can have high total Hg concentrations. In Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site (KNPNHS), Nova Scotia, Canada, concentrations of total Hg in many yellow perch (Perca flavescens) currently exce...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Batchelar KL,Kidd KA,Drevnick PE,Munkittrick KR,Burgess NM,Roberts AP,Smith JD

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：:Effects of exposure-water pH on chemical uptake at rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) gills were investigated for nine weakly acidic, chlorinated phenols with different ionization constants and hydrophobicities and for a moderately hydrophobic, nonionizable reference chemical (1,2,4-trichlorobenzene). Uptake rates fo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Erickson RJ,McKim JM,Lien GJ,Hoffman AD,Batterman SL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an ion-exchange-based solid-phase microextraction (SPME) method, the freely dissolved concentrations of C12-benzalkonium were measured in different toxicity assays, including 1) immobilization of Daphnia magna in the presence or absence of dissolved humic acid; 2) mortality of Lumbriculus variegatus in the prese...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Chen Y,Geurts M,Sjollema SB,Kramer NI,Hermens JL,Droge ST

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One target of development and application of TiO(2) nanoparticles (nano-TiO(2) ) is photochemical degradation of contaminants and photo-killing of microbes and fouling organisms. However, few ecotoxicological studies have focused on this aspect of nano-TiO(2) , specifically whether this photoreactivity might significa...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Ma H,Brennan A,Diamond SA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased ionic concentrations are associated with the impairment of benthic invertebrate assemblages. However, the causal nature of that relationship must be demonstrated so that it can be used to derive a benchmark for conductivity. The available evidence is organized in terms of six characteristics of causation: co...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Cormier SM,Suter GW 2nd,Zheng L,Pond GJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently reported quantification of the atmospheric sampling artifact for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was applied to existing gas and particle concentration measurements. Specifically, gas phase concentrations were increased by a factor of 3.5 and particle-bound concentrations by a factor of 0.1. The correlation...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Webster EM,Ellis DA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silencing genes of a pest with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is a promising new pest management technology. As part of the environmental risk assessment for dsRNA-based products, the environmental fate and the potential for adverse effects to on-target organisms should be characterized. In the present study, a nonbioact...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Albright VC 3rd,Wong CR,Hellmich RL,Coats JR

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonium nitrate (NH(4)NO(3)) is a common water pollutant associated with many industrial and municipal activities. One solution to reduce exposure of sensitive aquatic systems to nitrogenous compounds is to atomize (atmospherically disperse in fine particles) contaminated water over the Arctic tundra, which will redu...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Anaka A,Wickstrom M,Siciliano SD

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are distributed ubiquitously in the aquatic environment, which raises concern for the flora and fauna in hydrosystems. The present critical review focuses on the fate and adverse effects of PFASs in the aquatic environment. The PFASs are continuously emitted into t...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Ahrens L,Bundschuh M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbicides are commonly used in agriculture and silviculture to reduce interspecific competition among plants and thereby enhance crop growth, quality, and volume. Internationally, glyphosate-based herbicides are the most widely used herbicides in both of these sectors. Laboratory and mesocosm studies have demonstrate...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Edge CB,Thompson DG,Hao C,Houlahan JE

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uptake of cadmium from water by freshwater animals has been well documented. However, little attention has been given to the importance of dietary and combined exposure as the source for uptake. In the present study, we compared cadmium uptake from waterborne (water-only), dietary (food-only), and combined (water plus...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology and chemistry

authors： Sofyan A,Rosita G,Price DJ,Birge WJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00