water toxicity sampling Articles
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Use of Microbiotests to Compare the Toxicity of Water Samples Fortified with Active Ingredients and Formulated Pesticides
Abstract: In Portugal rice occupies a relevant position among other irrigated crops and, since treated water is frequently discharged to the surrounding water bodies, field studies to determine the influence of pesticides used in rice treatments to aquatic biota are being performed. In order to better understand the toxicity results obtained in field conditions, particularly the influence of the ...
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The Toxicity Identification of Inorganic Toxicants in Real World Samples
Abstract :The toxicity of a sediment pore water and an effluent was characterized using Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) procedures. Both samples exhibited acute toxicity to the freshwater crustaceanThamnocephalus platyurus. The TIE approach was conducted using an enlarged battery of fractionation tests. Toxicity of the pore water sample was removed or reduced significantly by the cation ...
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Monitoring the aquatic toxicity of mosquito vector control spray pesticides to freshwater receiving waters
Pesticides are applied to state and local waterways in California to control insects such as mosquitoes, which are known to serve as a vector for West Nile Virus infection of humans. The California State Water Resources Control Board adopted a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit to address the discharge of pesticides to waters of the United States resulting from ...
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Heavy metals, PAHs and toxicity in stormwater wet detention ponds
Concentrations of 6 different heavy metals and total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in stormwater runoff and in the pond water of two Danish wet detention ponds. The pond water samples were analyzed for toxic effects, using the algae Selenastrum capricornutum as a test organism. Stormwater and pond water from a catchment with light industry showed high levels of heavy ...
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Application of species sensitivity distribution in aquatic probabilistic ecological risk assessment of cypermethrin: A case study in an urban stream in South China
A tiered ecological risk assessment (ERA) was applied to quantitatively refine the overall probabilistic risk of cypermethrin, a pyrethroid insecticide, to aquatic organisms. These results were then validated through the bioassays using field water from an urban stream, Chebei Creek in Guangzhou, South China. Seventeen water samples were collected along Chebei Creek for evaluation. In total, ...
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Utility of the laser particle counter for determination of drinking-water toxicity
Particle toxicity in various water samples depends on the mixture of toxicants in each sample. Toxicity values for different samples can be expressed using the new metric: Particle Toxicity. Use of the Spectrex PC-2000 was the instrument of choice in enumerating the particle concentrations for the calculation of the particle toxicity of drinking-water and reference toxicant suspensions. ...
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