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- Title
Avoidance, weight loss, and cocoon production assessment for Eisenia fetida exposed to C<sub>60</sub> in soil.
- Authors
Li, Dong; Alvarez, Pedro J.J.
- Abstract
Eisenia fetida was used as a model terrestrial organism to assess the potential ecotoxicity of molecular pristine C60 in soil. Reproduction (assessed by counting cocoon numbers) was hindered only at very high C60 concentrations (5% by weight), and C60 (up to 1%) was not avoided and did not hinder earthworm growth. This suggests that E. fetida is unlikely to experience acute toxicity as a result of C60 occurrence in soil. Whether sublethal toxicity may decrease earthworm populations that are chronically exposed to C60 at lower concentrations remains to be determined. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2011;30:2542-2545. © 2011 SETAC
- Subjects
POLLUTION; SOIL testing; EARTHWORMS; WORMS; NANOPARTICLES; ANIMAL models of toxicology; EISENIA foetida; REPRODUCTION
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2011, Vol 30, Issue 11, p2542
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.644