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Johnson JL, Dodder NG, Mladenov N, Steinberg L, Richardot WH, Hoh E. Comparison of Trace Organic Chemical Removal Efficiencies between Aerobic and Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors Treating Municipal Wastewater. ACS ES&T WATER 2024; 4:1381-1392. [PMID: 38633364 PMCID: PMC11019542 DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Evaluating persistent trace organic chemicals (TOrCs) and transformation products (TPs) in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) is essential, given that MBRs are now widely implemented for wastewater treatment and water reuse. This research applied comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC/TOF-MS)-based nontargeted analysis to compare the effectiveness of parallel aerobic and anaerobic MBRs (AeMBRs and AnMBRs, respectively), treating the same municipal wastewater. The average total chromatographic feature peak area abundances were significantly reduced by 84% and 72% from influent to membrane permeate in both the AeMBR and AnMBR (p < 0.05), respectively. However, the reduction of the average number of chromatographic features was significant for only AeMBR treatment (p = 0.006). A similar number of TPs were generated during both AeMBR and AnMBR treatments (165 vs 171 compounds, respectively). The overall results suggest that the AeMBR was more effective for reducing the diversity of TOrCs than the AnMBR, but both aerobic and anaerobic processes had a similar reduction of TOrC abundance. Suspect screening analysis using GC×GC/TOF-MS, which resulted in the tentative identification of 351 TOrCs, proved to be a powerful approach for uncovering compounds previously unreported in wastewater, including many fragrances and personal care products.
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- Jade L. Johnson
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of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Department
of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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- Department
of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States
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Baag S, Ahammed N, De S, Mandal S. Combined impact of elevated temperature and zinc oxide nanoparticles on physiological stress and recovery responses of Scylla serrata. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2024; 275:109764. [PMID: 37827393 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Global climate change is the major cause behind unexpected fluctuations in temperature. In recent years, application of nanotechnology also has become widespread and nanomaterials are constantly being released into aquatic environments, posing a potential risk to various organisms and ecosystems. The lack of detailed understanding of how multiple stressors work, and how they differ from single stressors, impede to assess their combined effect on aquatic organisms and ecosystems. The prime aim of the current investigation is to decipher the toxicity of ZnO-NP after simultaneous exposure to a global environmental stressor, elevated temperature for 14 days, followed by a 7 days recovery period, on the eco-physiological responses of mud crab Scylla serrata collected from Sundarbans. Physiological energetics such as ingestion, assimilation, absorption, respiration, and excretion rates were measured to determine the Scope for growth (SfG). Additionally, we assessed various biomarkers from different levels of biological organisation (antioxidant, detoxification defence mechanisms, and lipid peroxidation levels) of the species. Combined stress attenuated the SfG in crabs which deteriorated further in the recovery phase. Oxidative stress also exacerbated under coalesced stress condition. Recovery was not observed in crabs with increased lipid peroxidation level under combined stress conditions. Elevated temperature disturbed the energy budget of crabs as mirrored by diminished energy left for compensatory actions under added metal stress, ultimately sensitizing the animals to ZnO NP pollutants. The current results advocate future ocean temperature to aggravate the impact of metal NP pollution and induce oxidative damage in S. serrata.
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- Sritama Baag
- Marine Ecology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700073, India
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- Department of Physics, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700073, India
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- Department of Physics, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700073, India
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- Marine Ecology Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata 700073, India.
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Vulin I, Tenji D, Teodorovic I, Kaisarevic S. Assessment of caffeine neurotoxicity using novel biomarkers of neural function in SH-SY5Y cells - Is there a need for environmental concern? Chem Biol Interact 2022; 365:110082. [PMID: 35940281 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2022.110082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Worldwide usage of caffeine results in its constant release into the aquatic environment and growing concerns related to associated risks. We assessed (neuro)toxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of caffeine, using novel biomarkers of neural function in SH-SY5Y cells and markers of general toxicity also in HepG2 cells. The RQ-PCR analyses showed that caffeine disturbs the expression of genes encoding several key elements of neurotransmitter pathways, with the most prominent responses observed for serotonin receptor 3A, dopamine receptor D2, monoamine oxidase B and GABA-transaminase. Expression of genes encoding synaptotagmin 10 involved in exocytosis of neurotransmitters and ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit alpha 3 was also disturbed. Caffeine stimulated the activity of monoamine oxidase, while cytotoxicity and effects on mitochondrial membrane potential were not observed. Our study points out the new possible molecular targets of caffeine and suggests that the raising concerns related to its growing environmental presence are justified.
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- Irina Vulin
- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Ecophysiology and Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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Mladenov N, Dodder NG, Steinberg L, Richardot W, Johnson J, Martincigh BS, Buckley C, Lawrence T, Hoh E. Persistence and removal of trace organic compounds in centralized and decentralized wastewater treatment systems. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 286:131621. [PMID: 34325254 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The persistence of trace organic chemicals in treated effluent derived from both centralized wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and decentralized wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) is of concern due to their potential impacts on human and ecosystem health. Here, we utilize non-targeted analysis (NTA) with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with time of flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC/TOF-MS) to conduct an evaluation of the common persistent and removed compounds found in two centralized WWTPs in the USA and South Africa and one DEWATS in South Africa. Overall, removal efficiencies of chemicals were similar between the treatment plants when they were compared according to the number of chemical features detected in the influents and effluents of each treatment plant. However, the DEWATS treatment train, which has longer solids retention and hydraulic residence times than both of the centralized WWTPs and utilizes primarily anaerobic treatment processes, was able to remove 13 additional compounds and showed a greater decrease in normalized peak areas compared to the centralized WWTPs. Of the 111 common compounds tentatively identified in all three influents, 11 compounds were persistent in all replicates, including 5 compounds not previously reported in effluents of WWTPs or water reuse systems. There were no significant differences among the physico-chemical properties of persistent and removed compounds, but significant differences were observed among some of the molecular descriptors. These results have important implications for the treatment of trace organic chemicals in centralized and decentralized WWTPs and the monitoring of new compounds in WWTP effluent.
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- Natalie Mladenov
- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA.
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- School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA; San Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- San Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000, South Africa
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- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Research & Development Centre, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban, 4000, South Africa
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- School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 92182, USA
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Kostić-Vuković J, Kolarević S, Kračun-Kolarević M, Višnjić-Jeftić Ž, Rašković B, Poleksić V, Gačić Z, Lenhardt M, Vuković-Gačić B. Temporal variation of biomarkers in common bream Abramis brama (L., 1758) exposed to untreated municipal wastewater in the Danube River in Belgrade, Serbia. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2021; 193:465. [PMID: 34218335 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09232-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study was conducted on the Danube River locality Višnjica, exposed to the discharge of the largest wastewater collector in Serbia's capital, Belgrade. Concentrations of metals and metalloids (Al, Fe, Cr, As, Sr, Mn, Cd, Zn, Mo, Cu, Li, Ni, B, Co, Pb, and Ba) and histopathological alterations were investigated in different tissues of common bream during one representative month of each season in 2014. This is the first study in which these two biomarkers were assessed parallelly in common bream. The highest concentrations of examined elements were noticed in gills and the lowest in muscle. Statistically significant differences in element concentrations between different seasons were noticed only in gills for Al, Cu, and Fe. Concentrations of As and Pb in fish muscle were below the maximum acceptable concentrations (MAC). The histopathological index (HI) of the liver showed higher values in comparison to the HI of the gills. Histopathological index of the gills had a significantly higher score in November in comparison to August. The liver HI had the highest score in April, and the lowest in August, while the total histopathological index had the highest score in November, and the lowest in August, both without significant differences between the months. This study endorses gills and liver as reliable organs for studying accumulation and histopathology as biomarkers of environmental changes. A faster reaction of the gills was confirmed since seasonal variations of both biomarkers were observed in this organ. Common bream proved as a good indicator of the state of organisms in polluted environments.
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- Jovana Kostić-Vuković
- Chair of Microbiology, Center for Genotoxicology and Ecogenotoxicology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Chair of Microbiology, Center for Genotoxicology and Ecogenotoxicology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Hydroecology and Water Protection, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Hydroecology and Water Protection, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Hydroecology and Water Protection, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Chair of Microbiology, Center for Genotoxicology and Ecogenotoxicology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Liu X, Ma XY, Dong K, Zheng K, Wang X. Investigating the origins of acute and long-term toxicity posed by municipal wastewater using fractionation. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2020; 41:2350-2359. [PMID: 30623729 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1567602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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It has been proven that the raw wastewater, secondary effluent and even reclaimed water may have toxic effects on aquatic organisms. In the present study, fractionation procedures combined with bioassays using luminescent bacteria were conducted to identify the fractions that contributed to the acute and long-term toxicity of municipal wastewater. Solid phase extraction was used to divide dissolved organic matter from the wastewater into three fractions, including non-polar, medium-polar and polar fraction. Among these fractions, although the acute toxicity of municipal wastewater was mainly caused by polar and medium-polar chemicals, the acute toxicity induced by the unit mass of the medium-polar fraction was the greatest. Using three kinds of resins, the organic substances in municipal wastewater were classified into six fractions, and the long-term toxicity of these fractions was further identified. The long-term toxicity of the hydrophobic neutrals, which were the primary toxic substances in raw wastewater, decreased after the conventional secondary biological treatment. Hydrophilic neutrals, which accounted for the majority of organic substances in the secondary effluent, were the main substances with long-term toxicity in the secondary effluent. The identification of fractions with acute and long-term toxicity in municipal wastewater is beneficial for further treatment to attenuate the ecotoxicity of wastewater before discharge into the aquatic environment.
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- Xiaokun Liu
- Xi'an Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- International Science & Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE; Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, School of environment and municipal engineering, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- International Science & Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE; Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, School of environment and municipal engineering, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- International Science & Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE; Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, School of environment and municipal engineering, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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- International Science & Technology Cooperation Center for Urban Alternative Water Resources Development; Key Lab of Northwest Water Resource, Environment and Ecology, MOE; Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, School of environment and municipal engineering, Xi'an, People's Republic of China
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Rogowska J, Cieszynska-Semenowicz M, Ratajczyk W, Wolska L. Micropollutants in treated wastewater. AMBIO 2020; 49:487-503. [PMID: 31292910 PMCID: PMC6965340 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01219-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Compounds such as pharmaceuticals, or personal care products are only partially removed in wastewater treatment processes. Large number of these compounds and their degradation products is out of any control. A small number of compounds are covered by legal regulations. Among the compounds non-regulated by law, the target compounds, as well as non-target compounds can be distinguished. In the scientific literature, number of reports on various target compounds' determination is increasingly growing. This paper provides an up-to-date review on micropollutants present in treated wastewater and their concentrations found in literature in the years 2015-2019. Because the obtained results of chemical analyses do not adequately reflect the risks to ecosystems and consequently humans, the results of chemical analyses have been supplemented by a review of ecotoxicological studies. In addition, legal issues linked to contamination of treated wastewater and research related to identification of non-target compounds in treated effluents have been discussed.
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- Justyna Rogowska
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Debowa Str. 23A, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Debowa Str. 23A, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Debowa Str. 23A, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Gdansk, Debowa Str. 23A, 80-204 Gdansk, Poland
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Zhao X, Zhang X, Li M, Sun S, Yao L, Cao D, Huang X, Guo H, Liu X, Yu F. Repeated exposure to the irrigative wastewater in Shijiazhuang induced precancerous lesion associated with cytochrome P450. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 237:124467. [PMID: 31549677 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the present study, the carcinogenic effects of the wastewater sample collected from the Dongming Canal in Shijiazhuang city were first detected by the rat medium-term liver bioassay. The experiment contained five groups: a negative control group, a DEN-alone group, 25% wastewater, 50% wastewater, and 100% wastewater. The body weight of rats decreased significantly as the dose increased. Morphologically, we also found that the damage of the hepatic lobule was more serious and the proliferation of liver cells was more obvious as the dose increased. In addition, we observed a significantly increased liver organ coefficient in rat. With the increase in dose, the damage of the hepatocytes was more serious, which was manifested in significantly elevated of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and gammaglutamyl transfer peptide enzyme (γ-GT). And, the irrigative wastewater significantly increased GST-p in the liver of rats at both the transcriptional and translational levels dose-dependently, eventually causing precancerous lesions in the liver tissues. CYP1A1 and CYP1B1 expressions in the rat liver cells at the level of transcription and translation were also significantly increased dose-dependently. Our data clearly demonstrated that the irrigative wastewater had a carcinogenetic effect that was associated with CYP1A1 and CYP1B1. The risk of carcinogenic potential to human health might be due to joint action and accumulative effects over a long period of exposure. We can also concluded that the medium-term liver bioassay could be used as an effective method for evaluating the carcinogenicity of complex water mixtures such as irrigative wastewater.
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- Xiujun Zhao
- Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Science, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Medical University, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Hygienic Statistics, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Hygienic Statistics, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Foreign Language Teaching Department of Hebei Medical University, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Hygienic Statistics, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Hebei Medical University, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Zhongshan East Road 361, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China.
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- Department of Science and Technology, The Central Laboratory, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Heping West Road 215, Shijiazhuang, 050000 Hebei, PR China.
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Babić S, Malev O, Pflieger M, Lebedev AT, Mazur DM, Kužić A, Čož-Rakovac R, Trebše P. Toxicity evaluation of olive oil mill wastewater and its polar fraction using multiple whole-organism bioassays. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 686:903-914. [PMID: 31412527 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Olive mill wastewater (OMW) as a by-product of olive oil extraction process has significant polluting properties mainly related to high organic load, increased COD/BOD ratio, high phenolic content and relatively acidic pH. Raw OMW from Slovenian Istria olive oil mill and its polar fraction were investigated in this study. Chemical characterization of OMW polar fraction identified tyrosol as the most abundant phenolic product, followed by catechol. Lethal and sub-lethal effects of OMW matrix and its polar fraction were tested using a battery of bioassays with model organisms: bacteria Vibrio fischeri, algae Chlorella vulgaris, water fleas Daphnia magna, zebrafish Danio rerio embryos, clover Trifolium repens and wheat Triticum aestivum. Raw OMW sample was the most toxic to V. fischeri (EC50 = 0.24% of OMW sample final concentration), followed by D. magna (EC50 = 1.43%), C. vulgaris (EC50 = 5.20%), D. rerio (EC50 = 7.05%), seeds T. repens (EC50 = 8.68%) and T. aestivum (EC50 = 11.58%). Similar toxicity trend was observed during exposure to OMW polar fraction, showing EC50 values 2.75-4.11 times lower comparing to raw OMW. Tested samples induced also sub-acute effects to clover and wheat (decreased roots, sprouts elongation); and to zebrafish embryos (increased mortality, higher abnormality rate, decreased hatching and pigmentation formation rate). A comprehensive approach using a battery of bioassays, like those used in this study should be applied during ecotoxicity monitoring of untreated and treated OMW.
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- Sanja Babić
- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division of Materials Chemistry, Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia; Center of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Srebrnjak Children's Hospital, Department for Translational Medicine, Srebrnjak 100, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Biochemistry in Medical Science, Department for Sanitary Engineering, Zdravstvena pot 5, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia
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- TAPI/Analytical R&D, Pliva Croatia Ltd., prilaz Baruna Filipovića 28, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division of Materials Chemistry, Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia; Center of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Biochemistry in Medical Science, Department for Sanitary Engineering, Zdravstvena pot 5, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Kaisarevic S, Tenji D, Mihajlovic V, Micic B, Francija E, Periz-Stanacev J, Krnic Skiljo B, Brkic D, Teodorovic I. Comparative analyses of cellular physiological responses of non-target species to cypermethrin and its formulated product: Contribution to mode of action research. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2019; 65:31-39. [PMID: 30502548 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Physiological responses of bacterial, fish, rat and human hepatoma cells to the technical cypermethrin (AS), cypermethrin-based plant protection product (PPP), and the major co-formulant (solvent) were compared. The endpoints included: bioluminescence, total protein content, activity of mitochondrial dehydrogenase and cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes CYP1A and CYP1B, and expression of several genes encoding different CYP enzyme isoforms. Toxicity of PPP was compared with the toxicity predicted using concentration addition model. Cypermethrin disturbs the activity of mitochondrial dehydrogenase. Induction of CYP1A1-, CYP1A2- and CYP1B1-associated activity was more pronounced in PPP than in cypermethrin treatment. The predominant biotransformation pathway of cypermethrin is related to Cyp3a1 induction. Deviations between observed and predicted toxicity of PPP indicate synergistic effects of cypermethrin and a solvent. In vitro cellular assays may serve as rapid pre-screening tool and provide for a good indication of mixture effects and prompt further in vivo testing of PPPs when really needed.
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- Sonja Kaisarevic
- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia.
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- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Institute of Phytomedicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, Zemun, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Laboratory for Ecotoxicology - LECOTOX, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovica 2, 21000, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Samardzija Nenadov D, Pogrmic-Majkic K, Fa S, Stanic B, Tubic A, Andric N. Environmental mixture with estrogenic activity increases Hsd3b1 expression through estrogen receptors in immature rat granulosa cells. J Appl Toxicol 2018; 38:879-887. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Department of Biology and Ecology; Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad; Serbia
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Occupational Safety and Health, Faculty of Technical Sciences; University of Novi Sad; Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences; University of Novi Sad; Serbia
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- Department of Biology and Ecology; Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad; Serbia
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Falfushynska HI, Gnatyshyna LL, Ivanina AV, Sokolova IM, Stoliar OB. Detoxification and cellular stress responses of unionid mussels Unio tumidus from two cooling ponds to combined nano-ZnO and temperature stress. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 193:1127-1142. [PMID: 29874741 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.11.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Bivalve mollusks from the cooling reservoirs of fuel power plants (PP) are acclimated to the chronic heating and chemical pollution. We investigated stress responses of the mussels from these ponds to determine their tolerance to novel environmental pollutant, zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO). Male Unio tumidus from the reservoirs of Dobrotvir and Burschtyn PPs (DPP and BPP), Ukraine were exposed for 14 days to nZnO (3.1 μM), Zn2+ (3.1 μM) at 18 °C, elevated temperature (T, 25 °C), or nZnO at 25 °C (nZnO + T). Control groups were held at 18 °C. Zn-containing exposures resulted in the elevated concentrations of total and Zn-bound metallothionein (MT and Zn-MT) in the digestive gland, an increase in the levels of non-metalated MT (up to 5 times) and alkali-labile phosphates and lysosomal membrane destabilization in hemocytes. A common signature of nZnO exposures was modulation of the multixenobiotic-resistance protein activity (a decrease in the digestive gland and increase in the gills). The origin of population strongly affected the cellular stress responses of mussels. DPP-mussels showed depletion of caspase-3 in the digestive gland and up-regulation of HSP70, HSP72 and HSP60 levels in the gill during most exposures, whereas in the BPP-mussels caspase-3 was up-regulated and HSPs either downregulated or maintained stable. BPP-mussels were less adapted to heating shown by a glutathione depletion at elevated temperature (25 °C). Comparison with the earlier studies on mussels from pristine habitats show that an integrative 'eco-exposome'-based approach is useful for the forecast of the biological responses to novel adverse effects on aquatic organisms.
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- Halina I Falfushynska
- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine; Department of General Chemistry, Ternopil State Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine.
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Kislyuk S, Kroonen J, Adams E, Augustijns P, de Witte P, Cabooter D. Development of a sensitive and quantitative UHPLC-MS/MS method to study the whole-body uptake of pharmaceuticals in zebrafish. Talanta 2017; 174:780-788. [PMID: 28738654 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.06.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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An analytical procedure to measure the whole-body uptake of pharmaceuticals in zebrafish has been developed using state-of-the-art methodologies. A sample preparation procedure for 9 pharmaceuticals displaying a variety in physicochemical properties was developed using 10-day old zebrafish (TG898). For an efficient homogenization of the samples and subsequent recovery of the compounds of interest, different amounts of organic solvents in combination with acidic modifiers were added to zebrafish samples. Samples were subsequently processed using a powerful bath sonicator and centrifuged. Supernatant was then removed and evaporated in a vacuum oven before being reconstituted in a mobile phase-like solvent. Samples were analyzed using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) on an Acquity BEH C18 column (100 × 2.1mm, dp=1.7µm) coupled to a Waters Xevo TQ-S mass spectrometer. For this purpose, a generic gradient was run, wherein the percentage of acetonitrile was varied from 3% to 82% in 10.5min at a flow rate of 0.41mL/min. Linearity of the method was demonstrated for all compounds (R2 > 0.997) in a practically relevant concentration range. Matrix effects were between 81% and 106%, except for amitriptyline (51%). Using this method, it was demonstrated that a sample pretreatment using 1:2 (v/v) water:methanol in combination with 0.1% formic acid resulted in acceptable recoveries between 74% and 100% for all compounds. Together with the obtained lower limits of quantification of the analytical method (between 0.005 and 1.5ng/mL), this allowed the use of a single zebrafish to study the whole-body uptake of a particular drug, after incubating zebrafish at the maximum tolerated concentration for this drug.
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- Stanislav Kislyuk
- University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Diagenode Belgium, Rue Bois Saint-Jean 3, 4102 Seraing (Ougrée), Belgium
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- University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Drug Delivery and Disposition, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Molecular Biodiscovery, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Pharmaceutical Analysis, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Plahuta M, Tišler T, Toman MJ, Pintar A. Toxic and endocrine disrupting effects of wastewater treatment plant influents and effluents on a freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda, Crustacea). CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 174:342-353. [PMID: 28183060 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.01.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In the present study a biological "in vivo" assay, with freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus, was used to define and evaluate the potential impact of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) wastewaters on local wildlife. Samples of both untreated and mechanically and biologically treated WWTP wastewater, were tested in the presence and absence of the formulated sediment for their lethal and sublethal effects. Chronic exposures to wastewater samples caused concentration dependent reduced locomotion, body pigmentation and molting frequency in exposed organisms. The observed effects indicate the overall toxicity and endocrine disruption of the wastewater samples. In contrast stimulations of the feeding rate and growth rate of the test organisms during the chronic exposure to sublethal levels of wastewater samples were observed, indicating an improvement in nutritional quality of the wastewater. The most sensitive exposure endpoint was molting frequency of tested organisms, which indicated the presence of estrogenically active endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). Raw wastewater caused up to 42% molting frequency reduction of exposed A. aquaticus when exposed to five times diluted untreated wastewater sample, while undiluted treated wastewater caused a 61% molting frequency reduction. The presence of estrogenically active compounds in the wastewater was confirmed with the yeast estrogen screen assay (YES test), which assigned the highest estrogenic activity to a mechanically and biologically treated wastewater sample, and lower estrogenic activity to all other tested samples. The importance of presence of the formulated sediment was determined, as it lessened the effects of all WWTP wastewater samples in all observed exposures.
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- Maja Plahuta
- Laboratory for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Laboratory for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Laboratory for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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