Bioaccumulation and Toxicity of As in the Alga Chlorococcum sp.: Prospects for As Bioremediation.

abstract：:Speciation of 238U, 210Po and 210Pb in six different types of Syrian soil (Entisols, Inceptisol, Aridisol, Mollisols, Vertisols and Rock outcrops) was studied using a four-step sequential extraction procedure. The binding nature of 238U, 210Po and 210Pb was correlated with soil properties including soil particles, pH,...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Al-Masri MS,Nashawati A,Amin Y,Al-Masri W,Al-Howary MA

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Heavy metal contamination in Chennai city was evaluated using a heavy metal pollution index (HPI) model in conjunction with the spatial distribution maps. Metals such as Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in the groundwater were determined using standard methods and the resultant data was utilized in the development of a HPI model...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sajil Kumar PJ,Davis Delson P,Thomas Babu P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present paper, accumulation of zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn) and lead (Pb) was determined in different tissues (skin, muscles, liver, gills, kidney and brain) of rohu (Labeo rohita) collected from the River Ganga in Varanasi, India. Concentrations of Cu (except gi...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Vaseem H,Banerjee TK

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cd, Pb, Mn, Zn, Ni, Co, Fe, Cr and Cu content were determined in various teas available in local markets of Jeddah and Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Concentrations of the trace metals were measured after acid digestion using a flame atomic absorption spectrometer. Validation of the digestion procedure was performed by the ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Al-Othman ZA,Yilmaz E,Sumayli HM,Soylak M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brown shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, is subject to dual stresses of environmental hypoxia and contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The effects of hypoxia and sedimentary naphthalene, administered alone and in combination, on epidermal activity of N-acetyl-beta-glucosam...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zou E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) in gill, liver and muscle tissues of Oreochromis niloticus and its effects on superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities in gill and liver tissues were studied after exposing the fish to 20 µg/L Cu over 15 days. Copper lev...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Tunçsoy M,Duran S,Ay Ö,Cicik B,Erdem C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has been performed in the southern Ecuadorian Amazon since the colonial period. However, its effects on fluvial systems have been poorly investigated. Thus, in order to calculate the normalized enrichment factors (NEF) of several heavy metals in fluvial sediments of the Zam...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mora A,Jumbo-Flores D,González-Merizalde M,Bermeo-Flores SA,Alvarez-Figueroa P,Mahlknecht J,Hernández-Antonio A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a sublethal concentration (7.66 mg/L) of carbofuran, were assessed on Clarias batrachus. The fish were exposed to 7.66 mg of carbofuran/L for 6 days. After 6 days, fish were released into carbofuran-free water in order to study the recovery pattern. Proteins were decreased in gill and kidney and recover...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Begum G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study provides novel data regarding levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (DDTs) in muscle tissue of European conger eel (Conger conger) from Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea). The mean concentration of PCBs (891 ng g(-1) lipid weight) was higher than those of DDTs (543 ng g...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Storelli MM,Perrone VG,Busco VP,Spedicato D,Barone G

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute toxicity tests revealed that, in red sea bream (Pagrus major) embryos, 24 and 48 h LC(50) values of waterborne HgCl(2) were 67.3 and 39.1 μg Hg(2+) L(-1). In larvae, 48, 72 and 96 h LC(50) values were 41.9, 36.1 and 34.8 μg Hg(2+) L(-1), respectively. Sub-chronic toxicity tests indicated that mercury concentrati...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Huang W,Cao L,Shan X,Lin L,Dou S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine soil pH conditions that allow cadmium (Cd) to precipitate as Cd minerals in phosphate (P) amended soil. Cadmium immobilization could be attributed primarily to Cd adsorption due to increase in pH and negative charge. Soil pH might not affect Cd precipitation as Cd3(PO4)2 by...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Hong CO,Owens VN,Kim YG,Lee SM,Park HC,Kim KK,Son HJ,Suh JM,Kim PJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of long term bio-assays on microorganism colonization of mine tailings samples, taken from the Valenciana mine tailings (Guanajuato, Mexico), under stable laboratory conditions (humidity, temperature, light exposure). In order to identify the main metabolic groups of the potentially colonizing mi...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： García-Meza JV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lower Melet River is a drinking water source that is surrounded by hazelnut grove, agricultural lands, resulting in the accumulation of genotoxic agents such as mining activities, various domestic and agricultural wastes. Therefore, it receives many domestic and agricultural wastes that contain the genotoxic agent...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Kontaş S,Bostancı D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate the levels of metals (Cd, Cu, Zn, Pb and Cr) in muscle, gill, liver, kidney and intestine of two freshwater fish, Ctenopharyngodon idella and Perca fluviatilis, in Anzali Wetland, Iran. The concentrations were different between the fish species as well as among the...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Baramaki Yazdi R,Ebrahimpour M,Mansouri B,Rezaei MR,Babaei H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increases in the levels of environmental contaminants are reflected in wild animals, which are early indicators of pollution. Hatay is an ecologically important region with a high intensity of industrial and agricultural activities. This study aimed to investigate the contamination levels of metals and organochlorine ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Tekeli IO,Yipel M,Sengul SA,Sakin F

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Glacierized mountain environments can preserve and release mercury (Hg) and play an important role in regional Hg cycling. In the Tibetan Plateau (TP), most glaciers have been retreating at unprecedented rate in recent decades, acting as one of the most active factors in regional hydrological cycling. In this mini-rev...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhang Q,Sun X,Sun S,Yin X,Huang J,Cong Z,Kang S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) were measured in various environmental compartments in Tangshan, China, which contains multiple thermal-related industries. The total toxic equivalent concentrations ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Li C,Zheng MH,Zhang B,Gao LR,Liu LD,Jiang XX,Liu ZT

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seedlings of wheat (Triticum aestivum) were exposed in soil to the polycyclic musk chemical, 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran (HHCB) for 21 days, to evaluate its effect upon chlorophyll (CHL), lipid peroxidation and the antioxidant system. The content of CHL in leaves was inhibite...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Chen C,Cai Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Effects of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) were investigated in the midgut and fat body of Galleria mellonella. Fourth instar larvae were exposed to 10 µg Cu/L of CuO until becoming last instar larvae, and catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione-s-transferase (GST) an...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Sezer Tuncsoy B,Tuncsoy M,Gomes T,Sousa V,Teixeira MR,Bebianno MJ,Ozalp P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A green, sensitive and accurate dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) method was used to preconcentrate four selected pesticides in dam lake water samples for determination by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Conditions of the DLLME method were comprehensively investigated and optimized accordi...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bodur S,Borahan T,Ates N,Bakırdere S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate petroleum waste remediation and toxicity reduction by five bacterial strains: Ralstonia picketti SRS (BP-20), Alcaligenes piechaudii SRS (CZOR L-1B), Bacillus subtilis (I'-1a), Bacillus sp. (T-1), and Bacillus sp. (T'-1), previously isolated from petroleum-contaminated soils. Pe...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Płaza GA,Jangid K,Lukasik K,Nałecz-Jawecki G,Berry CJ,Brigmon RL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and lead (Pb) contamination was investigated in wheat cultivated rain-fed and irrigated rural agricultural soils (n = 31) of Tonalite-Trondjhemite Series in Central India. The soil sampling was carried out by using stratified random sampling method. The mean concentrations of Cr, Ni and Pb w...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Shukla K,Kumar B,Agrawal R,Priyanka K,Venkatesh M,Anshumali

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infiltration galleries are among the oldest known means used for small public water fountains. Owing to its ancestral origin they are usually associated with high quality water. Thirty-one compounds, including pesticides and estrogens from different chemical families, were analysed in waters from infiltration gallerie...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Mansilha C,Melo A,Ferreira IM,Pinho O,Domingues V,Pinho C,Gameiro P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brinjal fruits were sprayed with recommended dose (0.001%) of cypermethrin. Effects of processing viz. washing, cooking in water, cooking in oil, microwave cooking, and grilling was studied to dislodge cypermethrin residues on brinjal. Cypermethrin residues remaining in the control and processed samples were analyzed ...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Walia S,Boora P,Kumari B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant knowledge gap in nanotechnology is the absence of standardized protocols for examining the effect of engineered nanoparticles on soil microorganisms. In this study, agricultural soil was exposed to ZnO, SiO2, TiO2 and CeO2 nanoparticles at 1 mg g(-1). The toxicity effect was evaluated by thermal metaboli...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Chai H,Yao J,Sun J,Zhang C,Liu W,Zhu M,Ceccanti B

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of echinoid parental nutrition in early-life stage toxicity is not well understood. Arbacia punctulata were fed either a fresh diet consisting of organic lettuce and carrots or a dry feed. Embryos from parents fed the dry feed exhibited lower sensitivity to copper, whereas the opposite occurred with 1,3,5-tri...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nelson RW,Nipper M,Lawrence A,Watts S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trace elements concentrations (As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Hg) were determined in the liver, kidney and muscle of 28 red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and 16 stone marten (Martes foina) from suburban and rural habitats from Croatia. Rural and suburban habitats affected Cd and Hg levels in the muscle, liver and kidney of red fox. Signifi...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bilandžić N,Dežđek D,Sedak M,Dokić M,Solomun B,Varenina I,Knežević Z,Slavica A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated mercury (Hg) concentrations in fish from Amazonia have been associated with gold-mining, hydroelectric dams and deforestation but few studies consider the role of petroleum extraction. Hg levels were determined in fish samples collected in three river basins in Ecuador and Peru with contrasting petroleum expl...

journal_title：Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Webb J,Coomes OT,Mainville N,Mergler D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00