Toxicity evaluation of the contaminated area of Crotone from biological indicators: a multispecies approach.
Anthropogenic radioactivity
Contaminated sites
Ecotoxicological bioassays
Phosphoric metasilicates
TENORM
Journal
Environmental monitoring and assessment
ISSN: 1573-2959
Titre abrégé: Environ Monit Assess
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8508350
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 Mar 2023
16 Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
02
12
2022
accepted:
23
02
2023
entrez:
17
3
2023
pubmed:
18
3
2023
medline:
22
3
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Contamination of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems by toxic industrial waste has become a major issue in many countries. Of particular concern is the reuse of toxic hazardous waste in construction materials. This paper examined for the first time the chemical and radiation ecotoxicity of site-specific Technological Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM) residues from phosphate processing industry in soil environmental matrices through bioindicators. The area under investigation was the former industrial district of Crotone (Calabria, Italy), recently included within the Sites of National Interest (SIN), comprising the 42 Italian national priority contaminated sites. Major biological exposure pathways considered were absorption and bioaccumulation. The marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri and the freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna were employed as aquatic bioindicators, while for the soil ecosystem, the seeds of Sorghum saccharatum and Lepidium sativum were used. Selection of test species aimed at assessing the toxicity of wastes in soil as well as in freshwater or marine systems. Results indicated V. fischeri as the most sensitive of all the species tested (5.56 g/L), while D. magna was found to be affected at 94.27 g/L. An overall inhibition was observed in seedling growth as compared to control at the highest concentration of the pollutants (100 g/L), while seed germination was not adversely affected by the pollutant. At this preliminary level, data indicated a potential risk for biodiversity of the area. In fact, the measured toxicity thresholds, even if above 100 mg/L, are comparable to concentrations of the toxicants spread all over the territory of Crotone.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36928511
doi: 10.1007/s10661-023-11056-5
pii: 10.1007/s10661-023-11056-5
pmc: PMC10020318
doi:
Substances chimiques
Environmental Biomarkers
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Soil
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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