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- Title
Inhibition effect of glyphosate on the acute and subacute toxicity of cadmium to earthworm Eisenia fetida.
- Authors
Zhou, Chui‐Fan; Wang, Yu‐Jun; Sun, Rui‐Juan; Liu, Cun; Fan, Guang‐Ping; Qin, Wen‐Xiu; Li, Cheng‐Cheng; Zhou, Dong‐Mei
- Abstract
The acute and subacute toxicities of cadmium (Cd) to earthworm Eisenia fetida in the presence and absence of glyphosate were studied. Although Cd is highly toxic to E. fetida, the presence of glyphosate markedly reduced the acute toxicity of Cd to earthworm; both the mortality rate of the earthworms and the accumulation of Cd decreased with the increase of the glyphosate/Cd molar ratio. The subcellular distribution of Cd in E. fetida tissues showed that internal Cd was dominant in the intact cells fraction and the heat-stable proteins fraction. The presence of glyphosate reduced the concentration of Cd in all fractions, especially the intact cells. During a longer period of exposure, the weight loss of earthworm and the total Cd absorption was alleviated by glyphosate. Thus, the herbicide glyphosate can reduce the toxicity and bioavailability of Cd in the soil ecosystems at both short- and long-term exposures. Environ Toxicol Chem 2014;33:2351-2357. © 2014 SETAC
- Subjects
GLYPHOSATE; TOXICOLOGY; EARTHWORMS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CADMIUM; SOIL composition; SOIL ecology
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2014, Vol 33, Issue 10, p2351
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.2683