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- Title
Aquatic Toxicities of Halogenated Benzoic Acids to Tetrahymena pyriformis.
- Authors
Muccini, M.; Layton, A. C.; Sayler, G. S.; Schultz, T. W.
- Abstract
The article discusses the results of the study about the aquatic toxicities of selected halogenated benzoic acids by using mortality and population growth inhibition-toxicity assay employing the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis. Benzoic acid, ten chloro-, and four bromo-derivatives were obtained commercially and were prepared in dimethyl sulfoxide. It was discovered that the benzoic acids were more toxic in non-neutralized conditions compared to neutralized conditions. Moreover, hydrophobicity and ionization were efficient in determining acute and chronic toxic potency of halogenated benzoic acids.
- Subjects
TOXICOLOGY of water pollution; TOXICITY testing; HEALTH risk assessment; TETRAHYMENA pyriformis; BENZOIC acid; DIMETHYL sulfoxide; ORGANIC compounds; IONIZATION (Atomic physics); EFFECT of water pollution on aquatic organisms
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 1999, Vol 62, Issue 5, p616
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001289900919