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Chronic toxicity testing including transcriptomics-based molecular profiling in Cloeon dipterum
The so-called EPT taxa have been shown to be highly sensitive to various environmental pollutants. However, there are only few published studies on...
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Chronic toxicity of broflanilide in Daphnia magna: changes in molting, behavior, and gene expression
Broflanilide is a novel pesticide used in agriculture that binds to unique receptors on pests; however, the widespread use of broflanilide has led to...
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Integral Study of Paramecium caudatum Acute and Chronic Toxicity, Sites of Entry and Distribution, Bioconcentration and Body Burdens of Five Metals
An integral analysis of the acute and chronic toxicity, bioaccumulation, sites of entry, and distribution of four trace metals: copper, iron, lead,...
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Gradient Dependent Chronic Toxicity of Polyethylene Microplastics (PE-MPs) on Tomato
Despite growing concern about microplastic contamination in terrestrial ecosystems, there have been few researches on the possible consequences of...
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Mechanism of Nanoparticle Toxicity
Nanoparticles (NPs), materials less than 100 nm in size, are being utilised in diverse biomedical, commercial, and industrial applications due to...
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Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in the Presence of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Differs for Acute and Chronic Exposures in Zebrafish
We assessed the acute toxicity effects (96 h) of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) and chronic (28 d) exposure to...
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Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Uncured Resin Feedstocks for Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing to a Cladoceran (Ceriodaphnia Dubia)
The accessibility and popularity of additive manufacturing (AM) has increased over the past decade. Environmental hazard assessment and safety data...
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Herbal Options for Arsenic Toxicity Mitigation: An Appraisal
Arsenic toxicity, caused mainly by arsenic-contaminated groundwater, is considered as a critical threat to global communal health, as there is no...
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Variation in chronic nickel toxicity to Daphnia magna among Japanese river waters and performance evaluation of bioavailability models in predicting the toxicity
Nickel (Ni) ecotoxicity is dictated by water chemistry characteristics such as pH, water hardness, and amount of dissolved organic carbon....
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Acute toxicity characterization of organic UV-filters and chronic exposure revealing multigenerational effects in DAPHNIA MAGNA
Organic ultraviolet (UV) filters have often been detected in aquatic ecosystems in concentrations ranging from ng/L to μg/L. However, both their...
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Protective effects of fowl-origin cadmium-tolerant lactobacillus against sub-chronic cadmium-induced toxicity in chickens
Cadmium (Cd) directly endangers poultry health and indirectly causes harm to human health by food chain. Numerous studies have focused on removing Cd...
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Chemicals Used in Agriculture: Hazards and Associated Toxicity Issues
A wide range of chemical compounds (e.g., fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides, and rodenticides) are used in agriculture...
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Effects of natural nanoparticles on the acute toxicity, chronic effect, and oxidative stress response of phenicol antibiotics in Daphnia magna
Natural nanoparticles (NNP) are ubiquitous in natural water and can interact with other contaminants, causing ecotoxic effects on aquatic nontarget...
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Microbial Tolerance Strategies Against Cadmium Toxicity
Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal found in the environment because it is released from natural and anthropogenic sources. Cd is a persistent,...
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Toxicity and Preliminary Risk Assessment of Alternative Antifouling Biocides to Aquatic Organisms
Published literature has been reviewed regarding the toxicity of representative alternative antifouling biocides (Chlorothalonil, Dichlofluanid,...
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Human Health Effects of Chronic Cadmium Exposure
Cadmium (Cd) is a hazardous unnecessary transition metal that is harmful to people and animals. Cadmium is naturally prevalent in the environment and...
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Toxicity Evaluation of Water and Pore Water from a Pilot-Scale Pit Lake in the Alberta Oil Sands Region to Daphnia Species
Significant amounts of tailings and oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are generated by bitumen extraction in the Alberta Oil Sands region....
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Review of DDT, DDE, DDD, DDMU and DDMS Toxicity Data for Organisms Used in Estuarine and Marine Sediment Toxicity Tests
The open literature was searched for laboratory toxicity data for marine/estuarine organisms exposed to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its...
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Oxidative Stress in Cadmium Toxicity in Animals and Its Amelioration
The present chapter discusses the intricate relationship between cadmium toxicity and oxidative stress in animals. Cadmium, a highly toxic heavy...
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Evaluation of Sublethal Toxicity of Nitrite to a Suite of Aquatic Organisms in Support of the Derivation of a Chronic Environmental Water Quality Benchmark
Nitrite is a naturally-occurring inorganic compound that occurs in aquatic environments as an intermediary between nitrate and ammonia in the...
