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Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 7. Epub 2021 May 7.

Departamento de Ciência Do Solo, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", University of São Paulo, Avenida Pádua Dias - 11, São DimasCaixa postal - 9, Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil.

The bioaccumulation of trace elements (TEs) in crops consumed by humans can reduce food production as a consequence of photosynthetic damage in plants and cause several diseases in humans. Liming is a soil management strategy designed to alleviate soil acidity and mitigating these problems by reducing the TE bioavailability. In this study, we evaluated the effect of liming on photosynthesis, growth, and bioaccumulation of barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), or zinc (Zn) in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 4. Epub 2021 May 4.

College of Chemistry, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China.

In this study, the occurrence of heavy metals including cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) was investigated in indoor dust samples collected from 33 urban and rural areas in 11 provinces, China. The concentrations of the selected heavy metals were determined by an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The mean concentrations of Zn (166 mg kg), Pb (40. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 4. Epub 2021 May 4.

Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Agricultural drainage ditches help remove excess water from fields and provide habitat for wildlife. Drainage ditch management, which includes various forms of vegetation clearing and sediment dredging, can variably affect the ecological function of these systems. To determine whether ditch conditions following dredging/vegetation clearing management affected the survival, growth, and development of embryos and tadpoles of northern leopard frogs (Lithobates pipiens), we conducted three field studies using in situ cages over 2 years. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 26. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

Littoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France.

Mercury (Hg) is a global environmental contaminant that affects ecosystems. It is known to biomagnify through food webs and to bioaccumulate especially in the tissues of top predators. Large-scale comparisons between taxa and geographic areas are needed to reveal critical trends related to Hg contamination and its deleterious effects on wildlife. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 24. Epub 2021 Apr 24.

Department of Environment and Public Health, National Institute for Minamata Disease, 4058-18 Hama, Minamata, Kumamoto, 867-0008, Japan.

To clarify whether microplastics contribute to elevated bioaccumulation of methylmercury (MeHg) in aquatic organisms, we studied the sorption pattern of MeHg on polystyrene beads (PBs) and evaluated MeHg accumulation, via uptake of MeHg-adsorbed PB, in the oyster Crassostrea gigas. MeHg-cysteine conjugates were added to seawater at 10, 100, and 1000 µg/L as Hg. Polystyrene beads (φ = 0. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 23. Epub 2021 Apr 23.

Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, Greensboro, NC, USA.

This paper presents a semiquantitative method to help ecotoxicologists evaluate the consistency of data within the available peer-reviewed literature. In this case study, we queried whether there is consistent evidence of direct toxicity in Anurans exposed to atrazine at concentrations ≤ 100 μg/L under laboratory conditions. Atrazine was selected because of the relatively large repository of Anuran toxicity data. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 20;80(4):691-707. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.

This research investigated the adverse effects of neonicotinoids on the Northwestern salamander (Ambystoma gracile; NWS) after acute and subchronic exposures during early aquatic life stages via whole organism (i.e., growth, development) and molecular (i. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 20;80(4):779-788. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Department of Biology, CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal.

Amphibian's skin bacterial community may help them to cope with several types of environmental perturbations, including osmotic stress caused by increased salinity. This work assessed whether an amphibian skin bacterium could increase its tolerance to NaCl after a long-term exposure to this salt. A strain of Erwinia toletana, isolated from the skin of Pelophylax perezi, was exposed to two salinity scenarios (with 18 g/L of NaCl): (1) long-term exposure (for 46 days; Et-NaCl), and (2) long-term exposure followed by a recovery period (exposure for 30 days to NaCl and then to LB medium for 16 days; Et-R). Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 20. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Centre for Applied Water Science, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.

The application of road de-icing salts has the potential to salinize fresh waters and degrade habitat for aquatic organisms. In the Australian Alps, the ecological effects of even small salinity increases from de-icing may be different than in North America and Europe because of (1) differences in the evolutionary history, and (2) areas with de-icing in Australia are not located in urbanized landscapes where de-icing has been largely studied elsewhere. In this study, we tried to determine the salinity increases attributable to de-icing in Australia and the effects of this increase in salinity to stream macroinvertebrates. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 19;80(4):789-800. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Insecticides are important in agriculture, to reduce human disease, and to decrease the nuisance of biting insects. Despite this, many have the potential for environmental impacts and toxicity in nontarget organisms. We reviewed data on the effects of insecticides based on toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis var. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 16. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Adıyaman University, 02040, Adıyaman, Turkey.

The present study investigates the toxicity of the herbicide tribenuron methyl (TBM) as an anthropogenic agent and ammonia as an abiotic factor on Daphnia magna at environmentally relevant concentrations. These stressors may coexist in surface waters in agricultural regions. To achieve this objective, D. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 16. Epub 2021 Apr 16.

School of Engineering, Inter American University, Bayamon, PR, 00957, USA.

Pollutants emitted into the air not only have local effect but can also affect areas further from the source. The goal of this study was to assess a method for identifying the sources of element pollution in rainwater using enrichment factors supported by Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. In this study, we collected nineteen rainwater samples at the two locations of Durham and Chimney Ridge in North Carolina, USA in July of 2014. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 15;80(4):745-759. Epub 2021 Apr 15.

Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) - Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec City, QC, G1K 9A9, Canada.

Gestagens are active ingredients in human and veterinary drugs with progestogenic activity. Two gestagens-progesterone (P4), and the synthetic P4 analogue, melengestrol acetate (MGA)-are approved for use in beef cattle agriculture in North America. Both P4 and MGA have been measured in surface water receiving runoff from animal agricultural operations. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 05 11;80(4):661-662. Epub 2021 Apr 11.

Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de La Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Québec, QC, Canada.

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 1. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

Department of Environmental Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.

The northeastern United States receives elevated mercury (Hg) deposition from United States and global emissions, making it critical to understand the fate of Hg in watersheds with a variety of aquatic habitats and land use types, such as the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Bats are valuable and important organisms to study chronic Hg exposure, because they are at risk of sublethal effects from elevated Hg exposure. The objectives of this study were to: (1) determine total Hg (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) of the Finger Lakes region; (2) assess whether morphometric, temporal, or spatial factors predict bat Hg concentrations; and (3) investigate the role of trophic position and diet represented by stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in explaining variations in bat Hg concentrations. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 31;80(4):735-744. Epub 2021 Mar 31.

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada.

Nonnutritive sweeteners used in food and beverage products are widespread, persistent aquatic pollutants. Despite this, their impact on aquatic organisms, particularly vertebrates, is not well-studied. Recent findings in rodents suggest sucralose, a chlorinated disaccharide, alters thyroid hormone (TH) metabolism. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr;80(3):659

The Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of Ministry of Education and Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 May 28;80(4):726-734. Epub 2021 Mar 28.

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2, Canada.

The thyroid hormones, thyroxine (T) and triiodothyronine (T), are required to regulate complex developmental processes in vertebrates and are highly sensitive to endocrine-disrupting compounds. Previous studies demonstrate that dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DOSS), a common constituent of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food products, disrupts canonical signaling of adipocyte differentiation by binding a nuclear hormone receptor in the same superfamily as thyroid hormone (TH) receptors. The present study was designed to determine whether DOSS is capable of disrupting TH signaling using the American bullfrog, Rana (Lithobates) catesbeiana-a cosmopolitan frog species that undergoes TH-dependent metamorphosis to transition from an aquatic tadpole to a terrestrial juvenile frog. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 27;80(3):558-566. Epub 2021 Mar 27.

State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China.

Black carbon (BC) aerosol impacts the air quality, public health, agricultural productivity, weather, monsoon, cryosphere, and climate system from the local to the global scale. However, its distribution over vast Central Asia is poorly known, because it is one of the poorly sampled regions of the world. BC in the soil can be resuspended into the atmosphere and transported to downwind regions with sensitive ecosystems and vulnerable populations, such as from Central Asian countries to the cryospheric regions in the Tianshan Mountain and the Tibetan Plateau, which could accelerate the melting of the snowfields and glaciers. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 27;80(3):645-658. Epub 2021 Mar 27.

Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110, Taiwan.

This study was conducted to understand the biological effects of microplastics (MPs), polystyrene microspheres (PSM), and polyethylene microparticles (PEM) in the juveniles of the giant river prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii. The PSM (0.5-1. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 24;80(3):615-623. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, 431216, Parma, Italy.

The purpose of this study was to explore the usefulness of Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis) as a bioindicator for biomonitoring programs for metal pollution. Three different metals were analysed in liver, kidney, and feathers, including cadmium, lead, and zinc. Glutathione-S-transferase, malondialdehyde, reduced glutathione, and catalase were assessed as oxidative stress biomarkers. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Mar 23. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Ganga River Ecology Research Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.

Excessive loading of water bodies with surface runoff-driven nutrients and heavy metals has become a serious concern worldwide. We investigated the surface runoff quality for nutrients and heavy metals being flushed to the Ganga River, as influenced by atmospheric deposition (AD). We selected three city sites in India, Haridwar, Varanasi, and Howrah, which differ widely with respect to population density and anthropogenic activities. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 23;80(3):546-557. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia.

The active moss biomonitoring technique was applied to assess the environmental pollution in the Donetsk region and to compare the biomonitoring capacity of acrocarpous (Ceratodon purpureus) and pleurocarpous (Brachythecium campestre) moss transplants. Moss bags were exposed for 6 months in the surroundings of two steelworks, a power station, and two parks. The concentrations of 19 elements were determined in the moss transplants by neutron activation analysis and atomic absorption spectrometry. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 22;80(3):634-644. Epub 2021 Mar 22.

Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Marine Science, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Province of Sistan dan Baluchestan, Iran.

Marine debris and trace metals are among the common environmental contaminants known to affect marine organisms. In this study, the quantitative and qualitative aspects of marine debris levels and bioaccumulation of trace metals (Cadmium: Cd; Copper: Cu; Lead: Pb; and Zinc: Zn) were investigated in 42 green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) stranded on the northern coast of the Sea of Oman. The greatest quantity of debris was found in the intestine, stomach, and esophagus of the animals, respectively. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 19;80(3):519-530. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550081, People's Republic of China.

Ninety-five wild forage plants (belonging to 22 species of 18 families) and their corresponding rhizosphere soil samples were collected from wastelands of a large-scale abandoned Hg mining region for total Hg (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) analysis. The forage plant communities on the wastelands were dominated by the Asteraceae, Crassulaceae, and Polygonaceae families. The THg and MeHg concentrations in the forage plants varied widely and were in the range of 0. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 19;80(3):624-633. Epub 2021 Mar 19.

Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, P.O. Box 811, C.P. 82000, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.

The bioaccumulation of arsenic (As) in the muscle, liver, kidneys, and brain of the shark Sphyrna lewini was measured in 40 juvenile specimens from southeast Gulf of California. Additionally, the biomagnification factor was calculated through prey items from stomach contents of the analyzed specimens. The concentrations of As (mg kg, wet weight) were higher in the muscle (10. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 17;80(3):579-586. Epub 2021 Mar 17.

Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE), Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, MN, 55804, USA.

The brominated flame retardant bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrabromophthalate (TBPH) is used widely in consumer items including polyurethane foam used in furniture. Information on its bioaccumulation in aquatic species is limited. In the current study, sediment bioaccumulation tests with the oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus were performed on a spiked natural sediment equilibrated for 14. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 15;80(3):601-614. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

Department of Physics, Institute of Science and Technology, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Słupsk, Poland.

Pigeons can be successfully used as bioindicators of a contaminated environment. We studied the relationship between the functioning of the pro/antioxidant balance in muscle tissues (skeletal muscle and cardiac tissues) of pigeons (Columba livia f. urbana) living in areas with different levels of pollution (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Northern Poland). Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Mar 12. Epub 2021 Mar 12.

Unité Biogéochimie et Ecotoxicologie, ROCCH, Ifremer, Centre Atlantique, 44311, Nantes Cedex 3, France.

Rare earth elements (REE) are becoming an environmental pollutant of emerging concern, linked to their use in various anthropic processes. Because REE bioconcentrate in marine organisms throughout their food webs, a better understanding of biogeochemical processes leading to REE concentrations found in coastal species is necessary. This study was designed to assess REEs concentrations in various common bivalves from the French coastline to identify possible geographic, taxonomic, or temporal variations of concentrations. Read More

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2021 Apr 10;80(3):587-600. Epub 2021 Mar 10.

Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, and Psychosomatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Despite the widespread use of parabens as antimicrobial preservatives in personal care products (PCP) and foodstuffs, recent studies have shown that exposure to parabens can play a role in the endocrine disruption process. In the present study, the urinary concentrations of methylparaben (MP), ethylparaben (EP), propylparaben (PP), and butylparaben (BP) were measured among 125 men, and their relationship with the use of 13 distinct PCPs was examined. MP, EP, PP, and BP were detected with a median concentration of 60. Read More