abstract：:The extensive production of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials (NMs) may result in high environmental zinc burdens. Honeybees need to have special concern due to their crucial role in pollination. Our previous study indicated that low concentrations of ZnO NMs, corresponding to 0.8 mg Zn/mL, have a neurotoxic potential fo...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Glavan G,Milivojević T,Božič J,Sepčić K,Drobne D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium (Se) is an essential trace nutrient, but in excess, it can induce toxicity. Incomplete combustion of coal produces coal combustion wastes, which are enriched in Se and often disposed of in aquatic basins. While a multitude of studies have investigated Se accumulation in vertebrates, few studies have examined ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Finger JW Jr,Hamilton MT,Glenn TC,Tuberville TD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exposure and effects of persistent environmental contaminants were investigated in great blue heron (Ardea herodias) nestlings sampled in 2001, 2002, 2006, and 2007 in freshwater and estuarine heronries along the St. Lawrence River, Québec (Canada). Biomarkers (retinoids, thyroid hormones, and clinical parameters)...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Champoux L,Boily M,Fitzgerald G

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial decoupling of mercury (Hg) loading and observed Hg concentrations ([Hg]) in biotic and abiotic samples has been documented in aquatic systems. We studied two Colorado reservoirs to test whether shifts in prey for sport fish would lead to changes in [Hg] independent of external atmospheric Hg deposition. We com...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wolff BA,Johnson BM,Lepak JM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined dose-response curves for sublethal effects of the organophosphorus (OP) insecticide, chlorpyrifos, on bats. Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus, n = 64) were given a single dose of chlorpyrifos (nominal concentrations) of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, or 60 µg/g body weight and examined at 12 or 24 h after dosi...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Eidels RR,Sparks DW,Whitaker JO Jr,Sprague CA

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artisanal and small-scale gold-mining activities performed in mountain areas of the Southern Ecuadorian Amazon have incorporated several heavy metals into the aquatic systems, thus increasing the risk of exposure in populations living in adjacent zones. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the contam...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： González-Merizalde MV,Menezes-Filho JA,Cruz-Erazo CT,Bermeo-Flores SA,Sánchez-Castillo MO,Hernández-Bonilla D,Mora A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to determine the spatiotemporal patterns in water quality of River Soan using multivariate statistics. A total of 26 sites were surveyed along River Soan and its associated tributaries during pre- and post-monsoon seasons in 2008. Hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis (HACA) classi...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nazeer S,Ali Z,Malik RN

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that the human biomonitoring of susceptible populations is a valuable method for the identification of critical contaminants. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the exposure profile for arsenic (As), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP), 1,1-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-2,2,...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Ochoa-Martinez AC,Orta-Garcia ST,Rico-Escobar EM,Carrizales-Yañez L,Del Campo JD,Pruneda-Alvarez LG,Ruiz-Vera T,Gonzalez-Palomo AK,Piña-Lopez IG,Torres-Dosal A,Pérez-Maldonado IN

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluctuations of mercury levels (Hg) in fish consumed by sport fishers in North-Eastern America depend upon a plethora of interrelated biological and abiological factors. To identify the dominant factors ultimately controlling fish Hg concentrations, we compiled mercury levels (Hg) during the 1976-2010 period in 90...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Lucotte M,Paquet S,Moingt M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two Noccaea species-Noccaea praecox originating from Mežica, Slovenia (Me) (Pb, Zn, Cd pollution) and Noccaea caerulescens from Redlschlag, Austria (Re) (high levels of Ni, Cr, Mg)-were studied to compare Cd accumulation and tolerance. After 120 days of plant cultivation in Cd-contaminated soil (90 mg Cd kg(-1) so...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zemanová V,Pavlík M,Pavlíková D,Hnilička F,Vondráčková S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments of the lower course of the Imo River (Nigeria) was investigated to determine the sources and fate of these compounds. The aliphatic fraction is characterized by a widespread contribution of highly weathered/biodegraded hydrocarbon residues (r...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Oyo-Ita IO,Oyo-Ita OE,Dosunmu MI,Domínguez C,Bayona JM,Albaigés J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) technique was used to determine pore water profile and to assess remobilization character of metals at sediment/water interface. The remobilization of Mn was due to redox reaction in profile, which engendered two large peaks: one with DGT concentration of 1355 µg L(-1) at depth ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Wu Z,Jiao L,Wang S,Xu Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon incident (2010) in the Gulf of Mexico, an abundance of research studies have been performed, but the methodologies used have varied making comparisons and replication difficult. In this study, acute toxicity tests with mysids and inland silversides were performed to examine the eff...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Echols BS,Smith A,Gardinali P,Rand G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury (Hg) biomonitoring of pinnipeds increasingly utilizes nonlethally collected tissues such as hair and blood. The relationship between total Hg concentrations ([THg]) in these tissues is not well understood for marine mammals, but it can be important for interpretation of tissue concentrations with respect to ec...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Peterson SH,McHuron EA,Kennedy SN,Ackerman JT,Rea LD,Castellini JM,O'Hara TM,Costa DP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely recognized that marine mammals are exposed to a wide variety of pollutants, with a weight of evidence indicating impacts on their health. Since hundreds of new chemicals enter the global market every year,the methods, approaches and technologies used to characterize pollution levels or impacts are also in...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Weijs L,Zaccaroni A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During native subsistence hunts from 1987 to 2007, blubber and liver samples from 50 subadult male northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) were collected on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Samples were analyzed for legacy persistent organic pollutants (POPs), recently phased-out/current-use POPs, and vitamins. The legacy PO...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Reiner JL,Becker PR,Gribble MO,Lynch JM,Moors AJ,Ness J,Peterson D,Pugh RS,Ragland T,Rimmer C,Rhoderick J,Schantz MM,Trevillian J,Kucklick JR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high use of pesticides in intensive rice farming in the Mekong Delta constitutes a potential hazard to the environment and to people's health. Chlorpyrifos ethyl (CPF) is a commonly used organophosphate (OP) insecticide, but information about its potential negative impacts on the aquatic environment in the Mekong ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Tam NT,Berg H,Tuyen PT,Van Cong N

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sediment and water samples collected from 8 sites of the Yangtze River in Nanjing section were characterized with 31 congeners of polychlorodibenzothiophenes (PCDTs). Concentrations and percentage compositions of these PCDTs in water and sediments were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results showed t...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： He Q,Qin L,Zhang X,Wang L,Sun P,Wang Z

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium and mercury were evaluated in muscle, liver, kidney, brain, and the stomach contents of juvenile scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini. Se:Hg molar ratios were calculated. The average Hg levels in muscle ranged from 0.12 to 1.17 μg/g (wet weight); Hg was <0.39 μg/g in liver and kidneys and <0.19 μg/g in b...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Bergés-Tiznado ME,Márquez-Farías F,Lara-Mendoza RE,Torres-Rojas YE,Galván-Magaña F,Bojórquez-Leyva H,Páez-Osuna F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury (Hg) is a ubiquitous and highly toxic contaminant that can have negative effects on wildlife. Only a few studies have measured Hg concentrations in birds from the south central United States, and the potential threat of Hg contamination to birds in this region is largely unknown. In the present study, we asses...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Schulwitz SE,Chumchal MM,Johnson JA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, ice and water samples were collected from seven sites along the Baotou section of the Yellow River during winter 2013. Total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in the ice and in the water under the ice ranged from 21.3 to 59.4 ng L(-1), and from 38.3 to 222.4 ng L(-1), respectively. Th...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhang Q,Pei G,Liu G,Li H,Gao L

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study could serve as a multidisciplinary approach for the assessment of river surface water quality with the use of chemical and biological methods. Specifically, physicochemical parameters, heavy metals, and pesticides were measured in water samples from three different stations (sampling station S1, S2, ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Charalampous N,Kindou A,Vlastos D,Tsarpali V,Antonopoulou M,Konstantinou I,Dailianis S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylmercury (from fresh-water fish) and ethylmercury [from thimerosal-containing vaccines (TCVs)] are the most prevalent source of neurotoxic exposure during early life in families consuming fish and using these vaccines. But children living in Amazonian mining environments are exposed to additional toxic metals in ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Marques RC,Bernardi JV,Abreu L,Dórea JG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the measures adopted, levels of organochlorine compounds (OCs) are still being detected in the human body. This study aimed to explore factors related to changes in the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and pesticide OCs in blood samples obtained from a general population cohort. Two cross-sec...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zubero MB,Aurrekoetxea JJ,Murcia M,Ibarluzea JM,Goñi F,Jiménez C,Ballester F

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a common additive in many foods, pigments, personal care products, and other consumer products used in daily life. Despite the widespread use of nanoscale TiO2 and composites of nanoscale TiO2 in the food industry, there is a serious lack of awareness of the toxicity of TiO2 nanoparticles (N...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Periasamy VS,Athinarayanan J,Al-Hadi AM,Juhaimi FA,Alshatwi AA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 46 surface soil samples collected from the experimental area, buffer area, and core area of the Yellow River Delta Natural Reserve (YRDNR), China, and an adjacent area outside the reserve were analyzed for 23 PAHs including highly carcinogenic dibenzopyrene isomers. The total concentrations ranged from 87.2...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Yuan Z,Liu G,Da C,Wang J,Liu H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study estimated hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) as a sum of three main isomers (α, β, and γ) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) from Gdansk Zoo and in their sole food, Baltic herring (Clupea harengus), from Gdansk Bay. The average concentration of HBCD in whole herrin...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Reindl AR,Falkowska L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of evidence was compiled in the recent decades showing a noteworthy increase in the detection of pharmaceutical drugs in aquatic ecosystems. Due to its ubiquitous presence, chemical nature, and practical purpose, this type of contaminant can exert toxic effects in nontarget organisms. Exposure to pharmace...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Nunes B,Antunes SC,Gomes R,Campos JC,Braga MR,Ramos AS,Correia AT

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a persistent environmental contaminant. Activation of the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPARα) resulting from exposure to PFOA has been extensively studied in rodents. However, marked differences in response to peroxisome proliferators prevent extrapolation of roden...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Rigden M,Pelletier G,Poon R,Zhu J,Auray-Blais C,Gagnon R,Kubwabo C,Kosarac I,Lalonde K,Cakmak S,Xiao B,Leingartner K,Ku KL,Bose R,Jiao J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This letter to the editor explains why the results presented in "Crane (Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 66:176-200, Crane 2014)" does not support the hypothesis that refined tar sealers (RTS) are a significant source of PAHs in urban sediments. Additional analysis of Crane's data indicates that sediment chemistry can be e...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： O'Reilly K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined heavy-metal concentrations in feathers of nestling great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus at two different sites (urban parkland vs. deciduous forest) located in the Łódź agglomeration in relation to interyear variation. We found that tit species did not differ significantl...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Markowski M,Bańbura M,Kaliński A,Markowski J,Skwarska J,Wawrzyniak J,Zieliński P,Bańbura J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brakes from motor vehicles release brake pad wear debris (BPWD) with increased concentrations of heavy metals. Germination and root-elongation assays with lettuce, wheat, and soybean were used to provide an initial evaluation of the phytotoxicity of either a water extract of BPWD or BPWD particulates. In terms of germ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Dodd MD,Ebbs SD,Gibson DJ,Filip P

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children living in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and in nearby surrounding areas are exposed to a mixture of pollutants from different sources. Previous studies in the area have reported genotoxic and haematotoxic compounds, such as lead (Pb), benzene, toluene, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in environmental ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Pelallo-Martínez NA,Batres-Esquivel L,Carrizales-Yáñez L,Díaz-Barriga FM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have reported polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in soil, root, and aerial parts of vegetables. However, few studies have measured the contribution of PCBs bound to particles in air in relation to uptake by vegetables. In the present study, PCB concentrations were measured in five types of ...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zeng L,Li N,Shao D,Kang Y,Zhang Q,Lu P,Li L,Luo J,Guo X

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pot culture experiments were performed under controlled greenhouse conditions to investigate whether four Cr(VI)-reducing bacterial strains (SUCR44, SUCR140, SUCR186, and SUCR188) were able to decrease Cr toxicity to Pisum sativum plants in artificially Cr(VI)-contaminated soil. The effect of pretreatment of soil with...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Soni SK,Singh R,Singh M,Awasthi A,Wasnik K,Kalra A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of six phenolic endocrine-disrupting chemicals [4-tert-octylphenol (OP), 4-t-nonylphenol (4-t-NP), 4-n-nonylphenol (4-n-NP), nonylphenol mono- to di-ethoxylates (NP1EO, NP2EO), and bisphenol A (BPA)] and five estrogens [estrone (E1), β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3) 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2), and diethyl...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Zhang Z,Ren N,Kannan K,Nan J,Liu L,Ma W,Qi H,Li Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbaryl has been applied in Willapa Bay, Washington, for five decades to control burrowing shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis and Upogebia pugettensis) on commercial oyster (Crassostrea gigas) beds. Concerns about effects on nontarget species, including fishes, have led to restrictions in use despite a lack of data on...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Troiano AT,King KA,Grue CE,Grassley JM,Ekblad CJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper production in the Bor region (east Serbia) during the last 100 years has influenced the quality of soil, water, and air. This pollution has endangered not only the biotope but all living organisms, including humans. Contents of arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) were analyzed in Betula sp. (birch) and Tillia sp. (li...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Alagić SČ,Šerbula SS,Tošić SB,Pavlović AN,Petrović JV

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated mutagenicity, genotoxicity, and estrogenic activity in the porewaters of two river basins in southern Italy that had different features. Three samples from each site were collected in different seasons from 7 sites for a total of 21 samples. Mutagenicity was measured with the Ames test with and without...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Parrella A,Lavorgna M,Criscuolo E,Isidori M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many studies that investigate the toxic effects of pollutants on earthworms, experiments are performed using only one species of earthworms, most commonly the Eisenia species. However, the differences in sensitivities of different earthworm species could potentially lead to an underestimation of environmental aspec...

journal_title：Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology

authors： Velki M,Hackenberger BK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00