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Moreira RA, González MP, Dias MA, Ogura AP, Mena F, Montagner CC, Espíndola ELG, Blasco J, Parra G, Araújo CVM. Ecological consequences when organisms avoid a contaminated environment: A study evaluating the toxicity of fipronil. Sci Total Environ 2024; 926:171480. [PMID: 38492607 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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The ability of aquatic organisms to sense the surrounding environment chemically and interpret these signals correctly is crucial to their survival and ecological niche. This study applied the Heterogenous Multi-Habitat Assay System - HeMHAS to evaluate the avoidance potential of Daphnia magna to detect fipronil-contaminated habitats in a connected landscape after a short (48 h), previous, forced exposure to an environmentally relevant concentration of the same insecticide. The swimming of daphnids was also analyzed by recording the total distance covered. D. magna preferred areas with less contamination, although the effect of fipronil on their swimming ability (a decrease) was observed for all the concentrations tested. The application of non-forced multi-compartment exposure methodologies is a recent trend and is ecologically relevant as it is based on how contamination can really produce changes in an organism's habitat selection. Finally, we consider the importance of more non-forced exposure approaches where Stress Ecology can be aggregated to improve systemic understanding of the risk that contaminants pose to aquatic ecosystems from a broader landscape perspective.
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- Raquel A Moreira
- NEEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, Brazil; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG, Avenida Itália, Km 8, Rio Grande 96203-900, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN - CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, Brazil
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- Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), Universidad Nacional (UNA), Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN - CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Campus de Las Lagunillas S/n, E-23071 Jaén, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN - CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519 Puerto Real, Spain
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Godoi FGA, Dias MA, Guerreiro ADS, Branco GS, Montagner CC, Moreira RG, Lo Nostro FL. Physiological responses on the reproductive, metabolism and stress endpoints of Astyanax lacustris females (Teleostei: Characiformes) after diclofenac and ibuprofen exposure. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2024; 278:109846. [PMID: 38316244 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.109846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Diclofenac (DCF) and ibuprofen (IBU) are pharmaceutical compounds frequently detected in aquatic compartments worldwide. Several hazard effects including developmental abnormalities and redox balance impairment have been elucidated in aquatic species, but multiple endocrine evaluations are scarce. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the disruptive physiological effects and toxicity of DCF and IBU isolated and combined, using females of the native freshwater teleost Astyanax lacustris. In regards to NSAIDs bioavailability, the results showed absence of degradation of IBU and DCF after 7 days of exposure. IBU LC50 for A. lacustris was 137 mgL-1 and females exposed to IBU isolated increased thyroxine (T4) concentration at 24 h and decreased after 96 h; DCF exposure decreased triiodothyronine (T3) concentration at 96 h. Circulating levels of 17β-estradiol (E2), cortisol (F) and testosterone (T) were not affected by any treatment. HPG and HPI axis genes fshβ, pomc and vtg were upregulated after 24 h of IBU exposure, and dio2 was downregulated in DCF fish exposed group after 96 h compared to the mixture. Protein concentration was reduced in muscle and increased in the liver by DCF and mixtures exposures at 24 h; while liver lipids were increased in the mixture groups after 96 h. The study point out the capacity of NSAIDs to affect endocrine endpoints in A. lacustris females and induce changes in energetic substrate content after acute exposure to isolated and mixed NSAIDs treatments. Lastly, the present investigation brings new insights into the toxicity and endocrine disruptive activity of NSAIDs in Latin America teleost species and the aquatic environment.
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- Filipe G A Godoi
- Departamento de Fisiología, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Química Ambiental, Departamento de Química Analítica, Instituto de Química - Universidad de Campinas, 13086-970 Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Ambiental, Departamento de Química Analítica, Instituto de Química - Universidad de Campinas, 13086-970 Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología Acuática, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires & IBBEA, CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Martínez-Huitle CA, Montagner CC, Hinojosa-Reyes L, Aguilar-Cordero JC. Environmental/analytical chemistry and/or toxicology and risk assessments in Latin-American countries. Chemosphere 2024; 350:141110. [PMID: 38182089 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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- Carlos Alberto Martínez-Huitle
- Renewable Energies and Environmental Sustainability Research Group, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, Av. Salgado Filho 3000, Lagoa Nova, CEP 59078-970, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.
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- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Av. Universidad s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 66455, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México.
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, México.
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Cochran KH, Westerman DC, Montagner CC, Coffin S, Diaz L, Fryer B, Harraka G, Xu EG, Huang Y, Schlenk D, Dionysiou DD, Richardson SD. Chlorination of Emerging Contaminants for Application in Potable Wastewater Reuse: Disinfection Byproduct Formation, Estrogen Activity, and Cytotoxicity. Environ Sci Technol 2024; 58:704-716. [PMID: 38109774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
Abstract
With increasing water scarcity, many utilities are considering the potable reuse of wastewater as a source of drinking water. However, not all chemicals are removed in conventional wastewater treatment, and disinfection byproducts (DBPs) can form from these contaminants when disinfectants are applied during or after reuse treatment, especially if applied upstream of advanced treatment processes to control biofouling. We investigated the chlorination of seven priority emerging contaminants (17β-estradiol, estrone, 17α-ethinylestradiol, bisphenol A (BPA), diclofenac, p-nonylphenol, and triclosan) in ultrapure water, and we also investigated the impact of chlorination on real samples from different treatment stages of an advanced reuse plant to evaluate the role of chlorination on the associated cytotoxicity and estrogenicity. Many DBPs were tentatively identified via liquid chromatography (LC)- and gas chromatography (GC)-high resolution mass spectrometry, including 28 not previously reported. These encompassed chlorinated, brominated, and oxidized analogs of the parent compounds as well as smaller halogenated molecules. Chlorinated BPA was the least cytotoxic of the DBPs formed but was highly estrogenic, whereas chlorinated hormones were highly cytotoxic. Estrogenicity decreased by ∼4-6 orders of magnitude for 17β-estradiol and estrone following chlorination but increased 2 orders of magnitude for diclofenac. Estrogenicity of chlorinated BPA and p-nonylphenol were ∼50% of the natural/synthetic hormones. Potential seasonal differences in estrogen activity of unreacted vs reacted advanced wastewater treatment field samples were observed.
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- Kristin H Cochran
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Environmental Engineering and Science Program, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States
- School of the Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Environmental Engineering and Science Program, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Éder de Vilhena Araújo, Souza Jesus FF, Lederman Valente B, Cristianini M, Montagner CC, Fill TP. Analytical determination of tryptoquialanines A and B: Ensuring the quality and safety of orange juices. Food Res Int 2023; 174:113607. [PMID: 37986534 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Although orange juice is a popular beverage worldwide, fruit distribution, storage, and processing can facilitate fungal infection by Penicillium digitatum; leading to the production of tremorgenic alkaloids, specifically tryptoquialanines A (TA) and B (TB). An Analytical method was developed and validated based on QuEChERS and LC-MS/MS analysis to determine the levels of TA and TB in fresh, industrial, and homemade orange juices. Excellent linearity was observed in the method over a high range of 1-1000 μg/kg and low range of 1-75 μg/kg with R2 ≥ 0.998. The LOD and LOQ were 1 and 3 μg/kg, respectively. Recoveries showed values between 57 and 83 %, with RSD ≤ 13 %. Our data indicated a higher prevalence of mycotoxin TA in fresh and industrial orange juices. Reduction in TA and TB content after thermal and HPP treatments were ≤ 32 %. However, thermal treatment was more effective in reducing TA and TB contents.
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- Éder de Vilhena Araújo
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6121, 13083-862 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6121, 13083-862 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), PO Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Sodré FF, Arowojolu IM, Canela MC, Ferreira RS, Fernandes AN, Montagner CC, Vidal C, Dias MA, Abate G, da Silva LC, Grassi MT, Bertoldi C, Fadini PS, Urban RC, Ferraz GM, Schio NS, Waldman WR. How natural and anthropogenic factors should drive microplastic behavior and fate: The scenario of Brazilian urban freshwater. Chemosphere 2023; 340:139813. [PMID: 37586495 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Brazil maintains its position at the top of the global ranking of plastic producers, yet recycling efforts have been incipient. Recent data reveals an annual production of approximately 14 million tons of plastic waste, not accounting for the surge in the usage of plastic masks and related materials due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, what remains largely unreported is that over half of post-consumer plastic packaging in Brazil is managed without any monitoring, and it remains unclear how this will contribute to the occurrence of plastic waste and microplastics in Brazilian freshwaters. This scenario requires the consideration of several other crucial factors. Studies have been carried out mainly in marine and estuarine waters, while data on freshwaters are lacking. Brazil has continental dimensions and the highest water availability on the planet, yet the demand for water is greatest in regions with medium to low supply. Many densely populated Brazilian urban areas face chronic flood problems, possess inadequate levels of wastewater treatment, and display inadequate solid waste management practices. Consequently, urban freshwater with tropical characteristics in Brazil presents an intriguing scenario and is complementary to the most commonly studied marine environments. In this study, we explore the nuances of pollution in Brazilian urban freshwater and discuss how various parameters, such as organic matter, suspended solids, temperature, and pH, among others, influence the behavior of microplastics and their interactions with organic and inorganic contaminants. Furthermore, we address how microplastic conditions, such as biofouling, the type of plastic, or degradation level, may impact their behavior. By analyzing how these conditions change, we propose priority themes for investigating the occurrence of microplastics in Brazilian urban freshwater systems under different degrees of human impact. Ultimately, this study aims to establish a network dedicated to standardized monitoring of microplastic pollution in Brazilian urban freshwaters.
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- Fernando F Sodré
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Exact Sciences and Technology Center, State University of the North Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Exact Sciences and Technology Center, State University of the North Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos Dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, Federal University of Paraná, PR, Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, Federal University of Paraná, PR, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Chemistry Department, Federal University of Paraná, PR, Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Chemistry Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Science and Technology Center for Sustainability, Federal University of São Carlos, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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Rocha GS, de Palma Lopes LF, de Medeiros JF, Montagner CC, Gaeta Espíndola EL. Environmental concentrations of cadmium and fipronil, isolated and combined, impair the survival and reproduction of a Neotropical freshwater copepod. Environ Pollut 2023; 336:122415. [PMID: 37604390 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities such as agriculture and industry increase contaminants that reach the water bodies, potentially threatening the biota. Most likely, these pollutants occur in complex mixtures. The effects on organisms can be potentiated (synergism) or reduced (antagonism) according to the interaction between the stressors or the species. Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal present in phosphate fertilizers, and fipronil is an insecticide broadly used in sugarcane crops. Copepods are important energy transfer links in aquatic environments, and effects on this group impact the whole trophic chain. In this study, we evaluated the responses of the freshwater Calanoida copepod Notodiaptomus iheringi, naturally present in water bodies that can be affected by sugarcane cultures in Brazil. The organisms were exposed to environmental concentrations of Cd and fipronil, isolated and in the mixture, in acute (48 h) and sub-chronic (8 d) tests. Our data indicate that both contaminants affect the survival of the organisms in acute or sub-chronic exposures. Cadmium did not affect egg production or hatching, while fipronil impacted these endpoints negatively. The Cd-fipronil combination resulted in antagonistic responses in survival (acute and sub-chronic) and egg production. A synergistic response was observed in egg hatching. Our results suggest that Cd presents a protective effect in the mixture with fipronil; however, it is not enough to prevent egg-hatching inhibition. These responses highlight how tricky it is to deal with pollutants' interaction in environmental concentrations since synergism is the most common response to metal-pesticide mixtures. Our data point out N. iheringi as a sensitive organism in the presence of contaminants and reflects the threat of chemical mixtures in concentrations found in water bodies close to sugarcane crops in Brazil.
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- Giseli Swerts Rocha
- NEEA/CRHEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (EESC/USP), Avenida Trabalhador Sãocarlense, 400, Parque Arnold Schmidt, CEP, 13566-590, São Carlos-SP, Brazil.
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- NEEA/CRHEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (EESC/USP), Avenida Trabalhador Sãocarlense, 400, Parque Arnold Schmidt, CEP, 13566-590, São Carlos-SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), CEP, 13083-970, Campinas-SP, Brazil.
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- NEEA/CRHEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo (EESC/USP), Avenida Trabalhador Sãocarlense, 400, Parque Arnold Schmidt, CEP, 13566-590, São Carlos-SP, Brazil.
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Cotta CP, Pinto TJS, Yoshii MPC, Silva LCM, Ogura AP, Gabriel GVM, Schiesari LC, Carmo JB, Montagner CC, Espíndola ELG, Moreira RA. Exposure to fipronil, 2,4-D and vinasse influences macroinvertebrate assemblage structure: An experimental mesocosm approach. Sci Total Environ 2023; 888:164259. [PMID: 37201850 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Sugarcane is one of the main monocultures in Brazil and widely uses herbicide 2,4-D and fipronil insecticide. In addition, vinasse can be mentioned as it is widely used in this plantation. These compounds occurring simultaneously in the aquatic environment can potentiate the deleterious effects on organisms. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the composition, abundance and ecological indices of the benthic macroinvertebrate community, as well as its ability to reestablish itself considering environmental contamination by the pesticides Regent® 800WG (active ingredient - a.i. fipronil) (F) and DMA® 806BR (a.i. 2,4-D) (D) and vinasse (V), alone and in mixtures: pesticides - M and the three contaminants - MV. The study was conducted using open-air mesocosms. The macroinvertebrate community was monitored by colonization structures, the physical-chemical parameters, metals and pesticides were determined and the effects of contaminants were evaluated over the exposure time in 1, 7, 14, 28, 75 to 150 days. A multiple regression was performed between the water parameters and significant relationships were found between parameters associated with vinasse contamination (pH, total nitrogen, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen) and concentration of fipronil and the ecological variables studied. Over time, changes were observed in the composition of the community. The dominance and richness increased in treatments V and MV. The family Chironomidae and subclass Oligochaeta were more sensitive to the treatment V and MV, while individuals from the families Phoridae, Ephydridae and Sciomyzidae were occasionally found (depending on the experimental time) in these treatments. The insects were sensitive to treatments F and M, disappearing in these mesocosms after contamination, reappearing only after 75 days. The results reveal that sugarcane management practices associated with the use of pesticides and vinasse as fertilizer pose risks to the macroinvertebrate community with consequences for the trophic chains, given its importance in freshwater ecosystems and adjacent terrestrial environments.
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- Carina P Cotta
- NEEA/SHS e PPG-SEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS e PPG-SEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS e PPG-SEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS e PPG-SEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS e PPG-SEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Department of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, SP-264, km 110, Sorocaba, São Paulo 18052-780, Brazil
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- EACH, USP - School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, Av. Arlindo Bétio 1000, 03828-000, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Department of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, SP-264, km 110, Sorocaba, São Paulo 18052-780, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química, R. Zeferino Vaz - Barão Geraldo, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS e PPG-SEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS e PPG-SEA, Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
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Gallo NC, Lopes LFP, Montagner CC, Espíndola ELG, Moreira RA. Toxicity of fipronil and 2,4-D pesticides in Daphnia similis: a multiple endpoint approach. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:63479-63490. [PMID: 37052836 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26847-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
In Brazil, among the pesticides widely applied simultaneously in sugarcane monocultures are the Regent® 800 WG insecticide (active ingredient (a.i.) fipronil) and the DMA® 806 BR herbicide (a.i. 2,4-D). Thus, this study aimed to investigate, through different endpoints, the effects of the fipronil and 2,4-D pesticides, isolated and as mixtures, on the cladoceran Daphnia similis. To do this, acute toxicity tests were carried out with the compounds acting in isolation and in mixture, where the survival of the organisms was evaluated, and chronic toxicity tests with the isolated compounds, where reproduction and maternal and neonatal body length were evaluated. In this study, the physiological endpoints of D. similis were also analyzed, through the analysis of feeding rates (filtration and ingestion) in exposure and post-exposure scenarios, in order to verify the cladoceran food recovery capacity. In addition, D. similis data were compared with other species when exposed to the studied pesticides, using species sensitivity distribution curves. Acute toxicity tests of the fipronil and 2,4-D showed an average EC50-48 h of 66.68 μg a.i./L and 327.07 mg a.i./L, respectively. In both cases, D. similis showed lower sensitivity compared to other species. For the mixture test, the evaluation by the IA model (independent action) and deviation DR (dose ratio dependent) indicated the occurrence of mostly antagonistic effects. The chronic test with fipronil showed a decrease in the fecundity of the organism at a concentration of 16 μg a.i./L, a concentration already found in aquatic environments. For 2,4-D, no significant differences were observed for reproduction at the concentrations tested. Regarding the maternal body length, there were no significant changes when D. similis were exposed to both fipronil and 2,4-D, but these differences were observed in the body length of the neonates only for 2,4-D. There were no significant changes in the feeding rates of the organisms when exposed to both pesticides.
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- Natália C Gallo
- NEEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970, São Carlos, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970, São Carlos, Brazil
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- NEEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970, São Carlos, Brazil.
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Dias MA, Batista PR, Ducati LC, Montagner CC. Insights into sorption and molecular transport of atrazine, testosterone, and progesterone onto polyamide microplastics in different aquatic matrices. Chemosphere 2023; 318:137949. [PMID: 36709842 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Microplastics can act as vectors of a wide class of contaminants in aquatic environments. The sorption behavior of two hormones known to cause adverse effects in biota even in low concentrations (testosterone-TTR and progesterone-PGT), and a pesticide with a high environmental persistence known as endocrine disruptor chemical (atrazine-ATZ) onto polyamide (PA) microplastics is investigated under different aquatic matrices using kinetic and isotherm experiments. The sorption equilibrium is achieved in 48 h, and the experimental results are better fitted by pseudo-2nd-order model. Langmuir isotherm better describes the sorption of the contaminants onto PA microplastics. PGT presents the highest sorption efficiency at around 90%, followed by TTR at 70% and ATZ at approximately 20%. Moreover, ATZ is the contaminant with the highest desorption efficiency (∼65%), indicating its preference for staying solubilized in water. Combining classical molecular dynamics and density functional theory calculations, the sorption energies were calculated as 12-15 kcal mol-1, 13-16 kcal mol-1, and 19-22 kcal mol-1 for PGT, TTR, and ATZ, respectively, showing that PGT needs less energy to be transferred from the solvent network to the PA surface, in agreement with experimental results. The sorption mechanism is driven by hydrogen bonds onto PA outer surface, while the electrostatic interactions dominate the PA inner surface sorption. Moreover, the sorption efficiency is statistically different between the investigated matrices, indicating that physicochemical characteristics of water systems could influence the interactions between PA-contaminant. In seawater, the phenomena of salting-out/in and competitive sorption with saline ions are observed for three contaminants. The PA-contaminant complexes are more polar and soluble than the dissociated ones, which increases the contaminant's co-transport by PA in water.
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- Mariana A Dias
- Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083970, Brazil.
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508000, Brazil
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508000, Brazil
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- Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083970, Brazil
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Sánchez-Domene D, da Silva FR, Provete DB, Navarro-Lozano A, Acayaba RD, Montagner CC, Rossa-Feres DDC, López-Iborra GM, Almeida EA. Combined effects of landscape composition and agrochemicals on frog communities amid sugarcane-dominated agroecosystems. Ecol Appl 2023; 33:e2781. [PMID: 36398791 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Global demand for crops will continue increasing over the next few decades to cover both food and biofuel needs. This demand will put further pressure to expand arable land and replace natural habitats. However, we are only beginning to understand the combined effects of agrochemicals and land-use change on tropical freshwater biodiversity. In this study, we analyzed how pond-dwelling anuran larvae responded to pond characteristics, landscape composition, and agrochemical contamination in a sugarcane-dominated agroecosystem in Brazil. Then we used an information theoretical approach with generalized linear models to relate species richness and abundance to predictor variables. The variation in tadpole abundance was associated with both agrochemical concentration (e.g., ametryn, diuron, and malathion) and landscape variables (e.g., percentage of forest, percentage of agriculture, and distance to closest forest). The relationship between species abundance and agrochemicals was species-specific. For example, the abundances of Scinax fuscovarius and Physalaemus nattereri were negatively associated with ametryn, and Dendropsophus nanus was negatively associated with tebuthiuron, whereas that of Leptodactylus fuscus was positively associated with malathion. Conversely, species richness was associated with distance to forest fragments and aquatic vegetation heterogeneity, but not agrochemicals. Although we were unable to assign a specific mechanism to the variation in tadpole abundance based on field observations, the lower abundance of three species in ponds with high concentrations of agrochemicals suggest they negatively impact some frog species inhabiting agroecosystems. We recommend conserving ponds near forest fragments, with abundant stratified vegetation, and far from agrochemical runoffs to safeguard more sensitive pond-breeding species.
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- David Sánchez-Domene
- Instituto de Pesquisa em Bioenergia, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Rio Claro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Teórica: Integrando Tempo, Biologia e Espaço (LET.IT.BE), Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCAr, Sorocaba, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
- Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Teórica, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Ambiental, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz", Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Ambiental, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz", Campinas, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Teórica, Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia/IMEM Ramon Margalef, Universidad de Alicante, Campus de San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil
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Moreira RA, Polo-Castellano C, Cordero-de-Castro A, Dias MA, Pinto TJS, Montagner CC, Espíndola ELG, Blasco J, Araújo CVM. Short and long-term exposure to the pesticides fipronil and 2,4-D: Effects on behavior and life history of Daphnia magna. Chemosphere 2023; 310:136719. [PMID: 36206917 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The high levels of contamination in aquatic ecosystems caused by pesticides and the organisms' consequent continuous exposure to it has made them vulnerable to damage. However, mobile organisms can avoid this continued exposure to contaminants by moving to less disturbed habitats. Therefore, through the use of the Heterogenous Multi-Habitat Assay System (HeMHAS), our objective was to evaluate the ability of Daphnia magna to detect and avoid habitats contaminated by fipronil and 2,4-D, in a spatially connected landscape. Further, the role of contamination by these pesticides, isolated and in mixtures, concerning the colonization of habitats by daphnids was also evaluated. Given that not all organisms successfully escape contamination, the chronic toxicity of the same pesticides using different parameters for D. magna (maternal survival, fecundity and maternal body length) was also evaluated. When evaluating the avoidance response by D. magna exposed to pesticides, there was no preference for the less contaminated areas for both compounds. However, organisms did not move to contaminated zones in the colonization experiments, with no immigration of daphnids to the zones with intermediate and the highest levels of fipronil, nor to the highest concentration of 2,4-D. Finally, the colonization by daphnids was significantly prevented when exposed to a mixture of the pesticides, in which the areas with the highest combinations of pesticide concentrations were not colonized by D. magna. Regarding the long-term chronic effects, negative consequences were observed, particularly for maternal body length, fecundity and maternal survival, due to the exposure to fipronil. Considering that pesticides can limit the areas colonized by organisms by making them unattractive, the risk of local population extinction may be underestimated if only standard endpoints involving forced exposure are studied.
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- Raquel A Moreira
- NEEA/CRHEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970, São Carlos, Brazil.
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN - CSIC). Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN - CSIC). Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- NEEA/CRHEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- NEEA/CRHEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970, São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN - CSIC). Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN - CSIC). Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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Moreira RA, Cordero-de-Castro A, Polo-Castellano C, Pinto TJS, Dias MA, Montagner CC, Espíndola ELG, Araújo CVM, Blasco J. Avoidance responses by Danio rerio reveal interactive effects of warming, pesticides and their mixtures. Sci Total Environ 2022; 847:157525. [PMID: 35872193 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Temperature variations and thermal extremes events caused by climate change can have profound implications for the toxicity of pesticides in aquatic organisms. Using an innovative system (Heterogeneous Multi-Habitat Test System - HeMHAS) that allows the simulation of different scenarios within a spatially heterogeneous landscape, the effects on the habitat selection of Danio rerio fish caused by the pesticides fipronil and 2,4-D were studied as single compounds and in mixture and integrated with air temperature variation (20, 24 and 28 °C). As a result, D. rerio detected and avoided both pesticides at air temperatures of 20 and 24 °C; however, at 28 °C no significant difference was observed in habitat choice by fish. Additionally, when pesticides were mixed in a heterogeneously contaminated landscape, it was observed that D. rerio detected contamination and preferred the clean zone at 20 and 24 °C; however, at 28 °C the potential to escape from the most contaminated areas was impaired. Thus, contamination by both pesticides made the habitat selection behavior of fish at 20 and 24 °C more noticeable. In addition, the association between pesticides and temperature showed negative effects on the response of fish to detect and escape from contaminated environments, suggesting the influence of temperature in altering the ability of the organism to provide an efficient response to stress.
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- Raquel A Moreira
- NEEA/CRHEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, Brazil.
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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- NEEA/CRHEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, Brazil
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- NEEA/CRHEA/SHS and PPG-SEA, São Carlos Engineering School, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, 13.560-970 São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Universitario Río San Pedro, 11519, Puerto Real, Spain
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Santos VS, Anjos JSX, de Medeiros JF, Montagner CC. Impact of agricultural runoff and domestic sewage discharge on the spatial-temporal occurrence of emerging contaminants in an urban stream in São Paulo, Brazil. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 194:637. [PMID: 35922699 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10288-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ribeirão das Pedras, a 10-km-long stream from the source to mouth, is part of a predominantly urban catchment located in Campinas metropolitan area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and it is also surrounded by sugarcane farms. Monthly sampling of 31 selected emerging contaminants (ECs) was conducted for 1 year (October 2018 to October 2019) in five points, including the spring, agricultural, and urban areas, to assess the dynamics and impact of ECs on the stream. The ECs were quantified using LC-MS/MS analysis. Out of the 31 ECs monitored in this study, 13 were detected in the Ribeirão das Pedras catchment, which were mainly pesticides and caffeine. Eight ECs (hexazinone, malathion, desethylatrazine (DEA), desisopropylatrazine (DIA), fipronil, ametryn, 2-hidroxyatrazine, and diuron) were detected with risk quotients higher than 1, indicating some level of environmental concern. Statistical analyses showed that caffeine, hexazinone, atrazine, DEA, and DIA were the most statistically important contaminants in temporal analysis, with caffeine concentrations varying randomly. Hexazinone, atrazine, DIA, and DEA concentrations increased from November 2018 to January 2019, and atrazine, hexazinone, and DEA concentrations increased from June 2019 to September 2019. Spatial analysis indicates that the spring of Ribeirão das Pedras is the only statistically different sampling point, with lower concentrations of EC. Points 3 and 5, both located in urban areas next to the stream's mouth, differ from each other due to the possible dilution of caffeine downstream of point 3 and domestic sewage discharge upstream of point 5.
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- Vinicius S Santos
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, CP, 6154, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, CP, 6154, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, CP, 6154, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, CP, 6154, 13083-970, Brazil.
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Rico A, de Oliveira R, Silva de Souza Nunes G, Rizzi C, Villa S, De Caroli Vizioli B, Montagner CC, Waichman AV. Ecological risk assessment of pesticides in urban streams of the Brazilian Amazon. Chemosphere 2022; 291:132821. [PMID: 34758362 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The use of pesticides in households and peri-urban areas of the Amazon has increased notably during the last years. Yet, the presence of these contaminants in Amazonian freshwater ecosystems remains unexplored. Here, we assessed the exposure to 18 pesticides and 5 transformation products in the Amazon River and in the urban streams of Manaus, Santarém, Macapá, and Belém (Brazil). Pesticide concentrations were analyzed by liquid and gas chromatography methods. Ecological risks were assessed following a two-tiered approach. First, hazard quotients and an overall hazard index were calculated using toxicity data for standard test species of primary producers, invertebrates, and fish. Second, the pesticides showing moderate-to-high ecological risks in the first tier were evaluated using Species Sensitivity Distributions (SSDs). Our study shows that pesticides are widespread in urban and peri-urban areas of the Brazilian Amazon. The frequency of detection was higher in urban streams than in the Amazon River, with some samples taken in Manaus, Santarém, and Belém containing up to 8 compounds. Most pesticides were measured at relatively low concentrations (ng L-1), except for malathion, carbendazim and the bulk concentration of chlorpyrifos, which were monitored at concentrations above 100 ng L-1. Based on the first-tier assessment, we found moderate-to-high risks for freshwater invertebrates for malathion, chlorpyrifos, and chlorpyrifos-methyl, and moderate risks for malathion to fish. The risk assessment performed with SSDs indicated high risks of malathion and chlorpyrifos-methyl in urban areas, with up to 15% and 5% of invertebrate species potentially affected, respectively. The bulk concentrations of chlorpyrifos resulted in high risks in some urban areas (14-22% of species affected) and in areas of the main river (32-44%) impacted by agriculture. We conclude that pesticide residues may contribute to a biodiversity impact in the Amazon and should be further monitored in urban and peri-urban areas, particularly after heavy rainfall events.
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- Andreu Rico
- IMDEA Water Institute, Science and Technology Campus of the University of Alcalá, Av. Punto Com 2, Alcalá de Henares, 28805, Madrid, Spain; Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, c/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
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- University of Campinas, School of Technology, Rua Paschoal Marmo 1888 - Jd., Nova Itália, Limeira, 13484-332, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Zoology, Av. Prof Moraes Rego 1235, Cidade Universitária, Recife, 50670-901, Brazil
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), Piazza della Scienza 1, Milan, 20126, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), Piazza della Scienza 1, Milan, 20126, Italy
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Federal University of the Amazon, Institute of Biological Sciences, Av. Rodrigo Ramos 3000, Manaus, 69077-000, Brazil
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Brack W, Barcelo Culleres D, Boxall ABA, Budzinski H, Castiglioni S, Covaci A, Dulio V, Escher BI, Fantke P, Kandie F, Fatta-Kassinos D, Hernández FJ, Hilscherová K, Hollender J, Hollert H, Jahnke A, Kasprzyk-Hordern B, Khan SJ, Kortenkamp A, Kümmerer K, Lalonde B, Lamoree MH, Levi Y, Lara Martín PA, Montagner CC, Mougin C, Msagati T, Oehlmann J, Posthuma L, Reid M, Reinhard M, Richardson SD, Rostkowski P, Schymanski E, Schneider F, Slobodnik J, Shibata Y, Snyder SA, Fabriz Sodré F, Teodorovic I, Thomas KV, Umbuzeiro GA, Viet PH, Yew-Hoong KG, Zhang X, Zuccato E. One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste. Environ Sci Eur 2022; 34:21. [PMID: 35281760 PMCID: PMC8902847 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-022-00602-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The chemical pollution crisis severely threatens human and environmental health globally. To tackle this challenge the establishment of an overarching international science-policy body has recently been suggested. We strongly support this initiative based on the awareness that humanity has already likely left the safe operating space within planetary boundaries for novel entities including chemical pollution. Immediate action is essential and needs to be informed by sound scientific knowledge and data compiled and critically evaluated by an overarching science-policy interface body. Major challenges for such a body are (i) to foster global knowledge production on exposure, impacts and governance going beyond data-rich regions (e.g., Europe and North America), (ii) to cover the entirety of hazardous chemicals, mixtures and wastes, (iii) to follow a one-health perspective considering the risks posed by chemicals and waste on ecosystem and human health, and (iv) to strive for solution-oriented assessments based on systems thinking. Based on multiple evidence on urgent action on a global scale, we call scientists and practitioners to mobilize their scientific networks and to intensify science-policy interaction with national governments to support the negotiations on the establishment of an intergovernmental body based on scientific knowledge explaining the anticipated benefit for human and environmental health.
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- Werner Brack
- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Catalan Institute of Water Research, Carrer Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain
- Spanish National Research Council, Institute for Environmental Assessment & Water Research, Water & Soil Quality Research Group, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Université de Bordeaux, 351 crs de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy
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- Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplen 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- INERIS - Direction Milieu et Impacts sur le Vivant (MIV), Parc technologique ALATA, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet 424, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Moi University, 3900-30100 Eldoret, Kenya
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Nireas-International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Research Institute for Pesticides and Water, University Jaume I, 12006 Castellon, Spain
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- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
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- Centre for Pollution Research and Policy, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
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- The French Water Academy, 51 rue Salvador-Allende, 92027 Nanterre, France
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- Department Environment & Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The French Water Academy, 51 rue Salvador-Allende, 92027 Nanterre, France
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz – European Universities of the Seas, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR ECOSYS, 78026 Versailles, France
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- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- RIVM-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Environmental Science, Radbound University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research, P.O. Box 100, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- University of Luxembourg, 6 avenue du Swing, 4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Hamburger Alee 45, 60486 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Environmental Safety Center, Tokyo University of Science, 12-1 Ichigaya-Funagawara, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0826 Japan
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- Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), The University of Queensland, 20 Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102 Australia
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- VNU Key Laboratory of Analytical Technology for Environmental Quality, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre of Chemical Safety and Risks, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy
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Silva LCM, Moreira RA, Pinto TJS, Vanderlei MR, Athayde DB, Lopes LFP, Ogura AP, Yoshii MPC, Freitas JS, Montagner CC, Goulart BV, Schiesari L, Daam MA, Espíndola ELG. Lethal and sublethal toxicity of pesticides and vinasse used in sugarcane cultivation to Ceriodaphnia silvestrii (Crustacea: Cladocera). Aquat Toxicol 2021; 241:106017. [PMID: 34773901 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.106017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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With the growing use of agrochemicals in Brazil, there is also a growing need for more realistic toxicity assessments that aid in understanding the potential risks of environmental-realistic agrochemical (mixture) exposures in the natural ecosystems. The aim of the present study was therefore to evaluate the lethal and sublethal effects of environmental realistic (single and mixture) concentrations of the pesticides DMA® 806 BR (active ingredient - a.i. 2,4-D) and Regent® 800 WG (a.i. fipronil) and sugarcane vinasse to the Neotropical cladoceran Ceriodaphnia silvestrii. This evaluation was carried out through lethal (survival), sublethal (reproduction and intrinsic rates of population increase - r) and post-exposure (feeding rate and also reproduction) tests conducted in situ and with water from mesocosms contaminated with the recommended doses of these compounds. The results showed high acute toxicity for treatments containing fipronil and vinasse when acting in isolation, with survival rates only returning to control values on the last sampling day (75 days post application). Reproduction of surviving cladocerans was reduced in all treatments until the end of the experiment and were potentiated effect in the mixture of the three test compounds. The intrinsic rates of population increase were reduced in all treatments except the single 2,4-D treatment. Post-exposure feeding rate and reproduction, however, were not impaired under the conditions analyzed. The results show the high toxicity of recommended doses of fipronil and vinasse (and especially their mixture) and the importance of evaluating the risks of agrochemical mixtures at environmental-realistic concentrations.
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- Laís C M Silva
- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil.
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- LQA, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- LQA, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil
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- EACH, USP - School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, Av. Arlindo Bétio 1000, São Paulo, SP 03828-000, Brazil
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- CENSE, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Quinta da Torre, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Trabalhador São Carlense, 400, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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Melo LED, de Paulo DV, Montagner CC, Carvalho PSM. Behavioral and reproductive effects in Poecilia vivipara males from a tropical estuary affected by estrogenic contaminants. Mar Pollut Bull 2021; 169:112543. [PMID: 34062326 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Contamination of aquatic habitats by endocrine disruptor chemicals is a major concern globally. This study evaluated histochemical, behavioral, and reproductive effects on adult male Poecilia vivipara sampled from Capibaribe River Estuarine System (CRES), compared to laboratory control males after breeding with virgin control females. CRES is contaminated by a mixture of estrogenic contaminants estrone, 17β-estradiol, estriol, 17α-Ethinylestradiol, bisphenol A and caffeine in concentrations averaging 13.9; 4.2; 19.5; 8.6; 27 and 23.2 ng L-1, respectively. Estrogenic risk in 17β-estradiol-equivalent-concentrations is above probable no effect concentrations. Males sampled from CRES indicated liver phosphoprotein induction, decreased number of contacts and copulation attempts when paired with control females, slower swimming speed and lower female impregnation success rates, compared to control males. A reduction of 62% in fecundity was observed in control females paired with field sampled males compared with control males. Our results highlight hazards posed to fish reproduction by estrogenic micropollutants.
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- Laura Estela de Melo
- Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia Aquática, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, Recife, PE, 50670-920, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia Aquática, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, Recife, PE, 50670-920, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Ambiental, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia Aquática, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/n, Recife, PE, 50670-920, Brazil.
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Vendemiatti JAS, Camparotto NG, Vidal C, Cristale J, Agapito EVDM, Oliveira ÁC, Rodrigues EA, Montagner CC, Umbuzeiro GA, Prediger P. New benzotriazoles generated during textile dyeing process: Synthesis, hazard, water occurrence and aquatic risk assessment. J Hazard Mater 2021; 403:123732. [PMID: 32846262 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Phenylbenzotriazoles (PBTA) can be generated unintentionally during textile dyeing factories by reduction of dinitrophenylazo dyes and their subsequent chlorination in disinfection process. Eight non-chlorinated PBTAs (non-Cl PBTA) and their related chlorinated PBTAs have been found in rivers and presented mutagenic activity. No data on their aquatic toxicity are available. In this work, two new phenylbenzotriazoles, non-Cl PBTA-9 and PBTA-9, derived from the dye C.I. Disperse Violet 93 (DV93) were synthesized and chemically/toxicologically characterized. Both compounds were more mutagenic than the parental dye in the Salmonella/microsome assay in the presence of metabolic activation (S9). Mutagenicity studies in vivo with mammals would confirm their potential hazard to humans. The two compounds were acutely toxic to Daphnia similis. We developed an analytical method to simultaneously quantify non-Cl PBTA-9, PBTA-9 and DV93 in river waters. Non-Cl PBTA-9 was found in sites under influence of textile effluents but at concentrations that do not pose risk to the aquatic life according to the P-PNEC calculated based on the acute toxicity tests. PBTA-9 was not detected in any samples analyzed. More studies on the aquatic toxicity and water occurrence of PBTAs should be conducted to verify the relevance of this class of compounds as aquatic contaminants.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- School of Technology, University of Campinas, Limeira, SP, Brazil
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- School of Technology, University of Campinas, Limeira, SP, Brazil; Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA; Biology Institute, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Silva DCVR, Queiroz LG, Marassi RJ, Araújo CVM, Bazzan T, Cardoso-Silva S, Silva GC, Müller M, Silva FT, Montagner CC, Paiva TCB, Pompêo MLM. Predicting zebrafish spatial avoidance triggered by discharges of dairy wastewater: An experimental approach based on self-purification in a model river. Environ Pollut 2020; 266:115325. [PMID: 32814178 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 07/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Wastewater discharges from dairy industries can cause a range of harmful effects in aquatic ecosystems, including a decline in biodiversity due to species evasion. Therefore, it is important to know the purification potential of rivers for the removal of pollutants released in dairy wastewater (DWW). The hypothesis adopted in this work was that the release of DWW into stretches of the Ribeirão dos Pombos River (São Paulo State, Brazil) might trigger an avoidance response, resulting in fish migrating to other regions, with the response being greater when the self-cleaning potential of the river is smaller. Therefore, the goals of the present study were to: (i) investigate how land use and seasonality of the rainfall regime influence the quality of the water in different areas of the river (P1: river source; P2: urban region; P3: rural region); (ii) assess the potential of the river to purify DWW; and (iii) evaluate the potential toxicity and repellency of DWW to the freshwater fish Danio rerio, using acute toxicity (mortality) and non-forced avoidance tests, respectively. P1 was shown to be the most preserved area. The chemical composition of the river varied seasonally, with higher concentrations of Cl- and SO42- at P3 during the rainy period. The river purification potential for DWW was higher at P2, due to greater microbiological activity (associated with higher BOD). The DWW was more acutely toxic in water from P2. The avoidance response was strongly determined by the concentration of DWW, especially for water from P2. The high capacity for self-cleaning at P2 did not seem sufficient to maintain the stability of the ecosystem. Finally, the non-forced exposure system proved to be a suitable approach that can assist in predicting how contaminants may affect the spatial distributions of organisms.
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- Daniel C V R Silva
- Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará, Institute of Xingu Studies, São Félix Do Xingu, Pará, Brazil.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Río S. Pedro, 11510, Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain
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- National Institute for Space Research, São José Dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Program in Ecology and Natural Resource Management, UFAC, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil; Institute of Oceanography, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Environmental Technology, Federal Fluminense University, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Technological Institute of Aeronautics, São José Dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Campinas State University, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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Silva LCM, Moreira RA, Pinto TJS, Ogura AP, Yoshii MPC, Lopes LFP, Montagner CC, Goulart BV, Daam MA, Espíndola ELG. Acute and chronic toxicity of 2,4-D and fipronil formulations (individually and in mixture) to the Neotropical cladoceran Ceriodaphnia silvestrii. Ecotoxicology 2020; 29:1462-1475. [PMID: 32860623 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-020-02275-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane and the world's top pesticide market. Therefore, environmental consequences are of concern. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the acute and chronic toxicity of pesticide formulations largely used in sugarcane crops: the herbicide DMA® 806 BR (a.i. 2,4-D) and the insecticide Regent® 800 WG (a.i. fipronil), isolated and in mixture, to the Neotropical cladoceran Ceriodaphnia silvestrii. Toxicity tests with the individual formulated products indicated 48h-EC50 values of 169 ± 18 mg a.i./L for 2,4-D and 3.9 ± 0.50 µg a.i./L for fipronil. In the chronic tests, the 8d-EC50 values for reproduction were 55 mg a.i./L (NOEC/LOEC: 50/60 mg a.i./L) and 1.6 µg a.i./L (NOEC/LOEC: 0.40/0.80 µg a.i./L) for 2,4-D and fipronil, respectively. A significant decrease in reproduction of C. silvestrii in all concentrations tested of fipronil, except at the lowest, was observed. Regarding 2,4-D, the organisms had total inhibition of reproduction in the two highest concentrations. Probably your energy reallocation was focused (trade-off) only on its survival. The acute pesticide mixture toxicity (immobility) revealed a dose level dependent deviation with antagonism at low and synergism at high concentrations. For chronic mixture (reproduction) toxicity, antagonism occurred as a result of the interaction of the pesticides. Based on our results and concentrations measured in Brazilian water bodies, fipronil represents ecological risks for causing direct toxic effects on C. silvestrii. These results are worrisome given that agricultural production is likely to increase in the coming years.
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- Laís C M Silva
- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil.
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil
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- LQA, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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- LQA, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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- CENSE, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
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- PPG-SEA and NEEA/CRHEA/SHS, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil
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Vad J, Dunnett F, Liu F, Montagner CC, Roberts JM, Henry TB. Soaking up the oil: Biological impacts of dispersants and crude oil on the sponge Halichondria panicea. Chemosphere 2020; 257:127109. [PMID: 32497834 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Used during an oil spill to minimise the formation of an oil slick, dispersants have negative biological effects on marine model organisms. However, no study has investigated the impacts of dispersants on adult sponge individuals. Here, we examine the effects of water accommodated oil fraction (WAF - oil in seawater), chemically enhanced WAF (CEWAF - oil and dispersant in seawater) and Benzo[A]Pyrene on sponge Halichondria panicea at physiological and molecular levels. Sponge clearance rate decreased sharply when exposed to WAF and CEWAF but the oil loading at which the clearance rate was reduced by 50% (ED50) was 39-fold lower in CEWAF than in WAF. Transcriptomic analysis revealed a homogenous molecular response with the greatest number of differentially expressed genes identified in CEWAF samples (1,461 genes). Specifically, genes involved in stress responses were up-regulated. This study presents evidence that the use of dispersants should be considered carefully in areas where sponges are present.
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- J Vad
- Changing Oceans Research Group, Grant Institute, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, UK
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Changing Oceans Research Group, Grant Institute, School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Center for Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
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Olivatto GP, Martins MCT, Montagner CC, Henry TB, Carreira RS. Microplastic contamination in surface waters in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mar Pollut Bull 2019; 139:157-162. [PMID: 30686414 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs) are contaminants of environmental concern that represent a threat to marine systems. Here we report data on the abundance and characteristics of MPs collected from surface waters of the urban Guanabara Bay. Samples were collected, by horizontal trawling of a plankton net on two occasions (summer of 2016). The MPs were obtained from samples by sieving and particles were manually sorted with microscope. Characterization of MPs was accomplished by gravimetry and digital image processing (for quantification and morphology categorization), and chemical composition identified by infrared spectroscopy and elemental analyses. Total MPs ranged from 1.40 to 21.3 particles/m3, which places Guanabara Bay amongst the most contaminated coastal systems worldwide by microplastics. Polyethylene and polypropylene polymers ≤1 mm were the most abundant particles. Therefore, the occurrence of MPs in Guanabara Bay is relevant to understand ecological hazards of exposition to marine biota and merits further investigation.
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- Glaucia P Olivatto
- Chemistry Department Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Institute of Life and Earth Sciences, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Department Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Sposito JCV, Montagner CC, Casado M, Navarro-Martín L, Jut Solórzano JC, Piña B, Grisolia AB. Emerging contaminants in Brazilian rivers: Occurrence and effects on gene expression in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Chemosphere 2018; 209:696-704. [PMID: 29960196 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Emerging contaminants (ECs) are synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals that are not commonly monitored despite having the potential of entering the environment and causing adverse ecological and/or human health effects. This study aimed to determine whether ECs are present in the surface waters of two rivers in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, and evaluate the effects of ECs mixtures at environmentally relevant concentrations on zebrafish (Danio rerio) gene expression. ECs concentrations were determined using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The ECs most frequently detected were caffeine, imidacloprid, 2-hydroxy atrazine, tebuthiuron, atrazine, and bisphenol A. We used these data to reconstruct ECs mixtures reflecting environmental concentrations, codenamed T1, T2, and T3. No effects were observed, so the concentrations were increased. After a preliminary evaluation of the No Observed Effect Concentration for each mixture, we analyzed changes in the expression of zebrafish target genes (cyp1a, hsp70, cat, sod1, tsh, cyp19a1a, cyp19a1b, cyp26b1, casp8, sox2, cyb561d2, and thrb). cat was overrepresented in T1 and underrepresented in the other treatments. All of the mixtures induced the expression of cyp19a1b, which is a marker for (xeno-)estrogen exposure, and two of them increased the expression of cyp1a, which is used to indicate the presence of dioxin-like compounds. The rivers studied had low EC concentrations, and there was no indication of any harmful effects on the zebrafish. However, intensive agricultural activity may result in unsuspected peaks of EC pollution, and subsequent negative effects on living organisms.
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- Juliana C V Sposito
- Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology, Federal University of Grande Dourados/UFGD, Dourados, MS, Brazil
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- Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados/UFGD, Dourados, MS, Brazil.
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Montagner CC. Trends in the Environmental Analytical Chemistry. Br J Anal Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.30744/brjac.2179-3425.2018.5.18.6-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Santos-Silva TG, Montagner CC, Martinez CBR. Evaluation of caffeine effects on biochemical and genotoxic biomarkers in the neotropical freshwater teleost Prochilodus lineatus. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2018; 58:237-242. [PMID: 29438913 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Caffeine is often found in aquatic environments, leading to concerns regarding its adverse consequences for aquatic biota. Biochemical and genotoxic biomarkers were analysed in juveniles of Prochilodus lineatus to evaluate the effects of caffeine. Fish were exposed to caffeine (0.3, 3 and 30 μg L-1) for either 24 h or 168 h. Longer exposure to caffeine resulted in a significant reduction in the activity of the phase I biotransformation enzyme ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) in the brain but a significant increase in the liver. Changes in glutathione content (GSH), glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity, and lipid peroxidation were not found in the liver and brain of fish exposed to caffeine. DNA damage in erythrocytes were also not found. These results show that caffeine may interfere with the biotransformation mechanism of P. lineatus after 168 h exposure, but it does not generate sufficient changes to trigger a state of oxidative stress.
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- Thais G Santos-Silva
- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Ambiental, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Araújo CVM, Silva DCVR, Gomes LET, Acayaba RD, Montagner CC, Moreira-Santos M, Ribeiro R, Pompêo MLM. Habitat fragmentation caused by contaminants: Atrazine as a chemical barrier isolating fish populations. Chemosphere 2018; 193:24-31. [PMID: 29126062 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Information on how atrazine can affect the spatial distribution of organisms is non-existent. As this effect has been observed for some other contaminants, we hypothesized that atrazine-containing leachates/discharges could trigger spatial avoidance by the fish Poecilia reticulata and form a chemical barrier isolating upstream and downstream populations. Firstly, guppies were exposed to an atrazine gradient in a non-forced exposure system, in which organisms moved freely among the concentrations, to assess their ability to avoid atrazine. Secondly, a chemical barrier formed by atrazine, separating two clean habitats (extremities of the non-forced system), was simulated to assess whether the presence of the contaminant could prevent guppies from migrating to the other side of the system. Fish were able to avoid atrazine contamination at environmentally relevant concentrations (0.02 μg L-1), below those described to cause sub-lethal effects. The AC50 (atrazine concentration causing avoidance to 50% of the population) was 0.065 μg L-1. The chemical barrier formed by atrazine at 150 μg L-1 (concentration that should produce an avoidance around 82%) caused a reduction in the migratory potential of the fish by 47%; while the chemical barrier at 1058 μg L-1 (concentration that produces torpidity) caused a reduction in the migratory potential of the fish by 91%. Contamination by atrazine, besides driving the spatial distribution of fish populations, has potential to act as a chemical barrier by isolating fish populations. This study includes a novel approach to be integrated in environmental risk assessment schemes to assess high-tier contamination effects such as habitat fragmentation and population displacement and isolation.
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- Cristiano V M Araújo
- Department of Ecology and Coastal Management, Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (CSIC), Campus Río S. Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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- Department of Ecology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil; Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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P. Olivatto G, Carreira R, Luiz Tornisielo V, C. Montagner C. Microplastics: Contaminants of Global Concern in the Anthropocene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.21577/1984-6835.20180125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Montagner CC, Vidal C, Acayaba R. Contaminantes emergentes em matrizes aquáticas do Brasil: cenário atual e aspectos analíticos, ecotoxicológicos e regulatórios. QUIM NOVA 2017. [DOI: 10.21577/0100-4042.20170091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Oates RP, Anderson TA, Morse AN, Montagner CC, Klein DM. Biophysical Viscosity: Thermodynamic Principles of Per Capita Chemical Potentials in Human Populations. ACS Omega 2017; 2:2878-2882. [PMID: 30023679 PMCID: PMC6044639 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Dynamic viscosity has been used to describe molecular resistance to flow under an applied force. This study introduces the theory of biophysical viscosity, the resistance of a region to molecular flow under environmental force to define the rates of per capita anthropogenic chemical efflux into the environment. Biophysical viscosity is an important intermediate quantity, in that it can be used to calculate the chemical potentials of single molecules for individuals in a population. Nonhypothetical emission data was combined with chemical potentials of anthropogenic tracers, to demonstrate that thermodynamic quantities can be used as parameters to directly compare energies associated with individual chemical emissions across geographic regions. These results indicate that population density is not the only factor in the determination of population-level chemical efflux and that biophysical viscosity is a useful tool in determining the per capita chemical potentials of anthropogenic chemicals for environmental risk assessment.
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- R. P. Oates
- Department
of Environmental Toxicology, Institute for Environmental and Human
Health, Texas Tech University, 1207 Gilbert Drive, Lubbock, Texas 79416, United States
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- Department
of Environmental Toxicology, Institute for Environmental and Human
Health, Texas Tech University, 1207 Gilbert Drive, Lubbock, Texas 79416, United States
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- Department
of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, MS 1023, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- University
of Campinas, Institute of Chemistry, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department
of Environmental Toxicology, Institute for Environmental and Human
Health, Texas Tech University, 1207 Gilbert Drive, Lubbock, Texas 79416, United States
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López-Doval JC, Montagner CC, de Alburquerque AF, Moschini-Carlos V, Umbuzeiro G, Pompêo M. Nutrients, emerging pollutants and pesticides in a tropical urban reservoir: Spatial distributions and risk assessment. Sci Total Environ 2017; 575:1307-1324. [PMID: 27745929 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2016] [Revised: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Reservoirs located in urban areas suffer specific pressures related to human activities. Their monitoring, management, and protection requirements differ from reservoirs situated in non-urbanized areas. The objectives of this study were: (a) to determine the concentrations of select pesticides and emerging pollutants (EPs) present in an urban reservoir; (b) to describe their possible spatial distributions; and (c) to quantify the risks for aquatic life and safeguard drinking water supplies. For this purpose, the Guarapiranga reservoir was studied as an example of a multi-stressed urban reservoir in a tropical region. A total of 31 organic compounds (including pesticides, illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors) were analyzed twice over a period of one year, together with classical indicators of water quality. The physical and chemical data were treated using principal component analysis (PCA) to identify possible temporal or spatial patterns. Risk assessment was performed for biota and drinking water use, comparing maximum environmental concentrations (MECs) with the predicted no-effect concentrations (PNECs) or drinking water quality criteria (DWC), respectively. The results demonstrated the presence of pesticides and EPs, as well as pollution by high levels of nutrients and Chlorophyll a (Chl. a), during the study period. The nutrients and Trophic State Index (TSI) showed gradients in the reservoir and regional distributions, while the pesticides and EPs only clearly showed this pattern in the dry season. The concentrations and distributions of the pesticides and EPs therefore showed seasonality. These findings suggested that the two groups of pollutants (EPs+pesticides and nutrients) possessed different sources and behavior and were not always correlated in the reservoir studied. In the studied period, no risk was observed in raw water for drinking water use, but carbendazim, imidacloprid, and BPA showed risks for the biota in the reservoir.
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- Julio C López-Doval
- Institute of Biosciences, Department of Ecology, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, 321, Butantã, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal, 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, 13084-971 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University -UNESP, Environmental Sciences Program, Avenida Três de Março 511, 18087-180 Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, 13084-971 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, Department of Ecology, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, 321, Butantã, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Albuquerque AF, Ribeiro JS, Kummrow F, Nogueira AJA, Montagner CC, Umbuzeiro GA. Pesticides in Brazilian freshwaters: a critical review. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2016; 18:779-87. [PMID: 27367607 DOI: 10.1039/c6em00268d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The widespread use of pesticides in agriculture can lead to water contamination and cause adverse effects on non-target organisms. Brazil has been the world's top pesticide market consumer since 2008, with 381 approved pesticides for crop use. This study provides a comprehensive literature review on the occurrence of pesticide residues in Brazilian freshwaters. We searched for information in official agency records and peer-reviewed scientific literature. Risk quotients were calculated to assess the potential risk posed to aquatic life by the individual pesticides based on their levels of water contamination. Studies about the occurrence of pesticides in freshwaters in Brazil are scarce and concentrated in few sampling sites in 5 of the 27 states. Herbicides (21) accounted for the majority of the substances investigated, followed by fungicides (11), insecticides (10) and plant growth regulators (1). Insecticides are the class of major concern. Brazil would benefit from the implementation of a nationwide pesticide freshwater monitoring program to support preventive, remediation and enforcement actions.
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- A F Albuquerque
- School of Technology, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- School of Technology, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- School of Technology, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil. and Institute of Environmental, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of São Paulo, UNIFESP, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Technology, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil. and Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Technology, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil.
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de Lm Solano M, Montagner CC, Vaccari C, Jardim WF, Anselmo-Franci JA, de Og Carolino R, Luvizutto JF, de A Umbuzeiro G, de Camargo JL. Potential endocrine disruptor activity of drinking water samples. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.4161/23273747.2014.983384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Marize de Lm Solano
- Botucatu Medical School; São Paulo State University - UNESP; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
- School of Technology; University of Campinas- UNICAMP; Limeira, SP, Brazil
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- Botucatu Medical School; São Paulo State University - UNESP; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry; University of Campinas- UNICAMP; Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Botucatu Medical School; São Paulo State University - UNESP; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Botucatu Medical School; São Paulo State University - UNESP; Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Montagner CC, Umbuzeiro GA, Pasquini C, Jardim WF. Caffeine as an indicator of estrogenic activity in source water. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2014; 16:1866-1869. [PMID: 24939322 DOI: 10.1039/c4em00058g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Caffeine has already been used as an indicator of anthropogenic impacts, especially the ones related to the disposal of sewage in water bodies. In this work, the presence of caffeine has been correlated with the estrogenic activity of water samples measured using the BLYES assay. After testing 96 surface water samples, it was concluded that caffeine can be used to prioritize samples to be tested for estrogenic activity in water quality programs evaluating emerging contaminants with endocrine disruptor activity.
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- C C Montagner
- University of Campinas, Faculty of Technology, CEP: 13484-332, Limeira, SP, Brazil.
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Montagner CC, Jardim WF, Von der Ohe PC, Umbuzeiro GA. Occurrence and potential risk of triclosan in freshwaters of São Paulo, Brazil--the need for regulatory actions. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2014; 21:1850-1858. [PMID: 23990256 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2063-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Triclosan (TCS) is a broad-spectrum bactericide, highly toxic to algae, which is released into the environment via wastewater effluents. Predicted no-effect concentrations (PNECs) for aquatic biota have been proposed in the literature, varying from 1.4 to 1,550 ng/L, reflecting contradicting protection goals. In this work, six rivers in the state of São Paulo were monitored for TCS and caffeine, a tracer for untreated sewage disposal, over a period of more than 1 year. From 71 samples analyzed, 32 contained TCS at concentrations above the limit of quantification, ranging from 2.2 to 66 ng/L, corresponding to a frequency of exceedance of the lowest PNEC of 86 % (six out of seven sites). No correlation between TCS and caffeine was observed, and one of the reasons for that could be the different use patterns in the local populations. Given the high values found in the investigated rivers, TCS seems to be a strong candidate in the priority list of compounds that should be regulated in Brazil to preserve the aquatic environment.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Effect-Directed Analysis, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Jardim WF, Montagner CC, Pescara IC, Umbuzeiro GA, Di Dea Bergamasco AM, Eldridge ML, Sodré FF. An integrated approach to evaluate emerging contaminants in drinking water. Sep Purif Technol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Montagner CC, Jardim WF. Spatial and seasonal variations of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in the Atibaia River, São Paulo State (Brazil). J BRAZIL CHEM SOC 2011. [DOI: 10.1590/s0103-50532011000800008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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