Effects of short chain chlorinated paraffins on soil organisms

BEZCHLEBOVÁ, Jitka, Jitka ČERNOHLÁVKOVÁ, Jan LÁNA, Klára KOBETIČOVÁ, Ivana SOCHOVÁ, Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ and Jakub HOFMAN. Effects of short chain chlorinated paraffins on soil organisms. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2007, ?, No 67, p. 206-211, 5 pp. ISSN 0147-6513.

Basic information

• Original name: Effects of short chain chlorinated paraffins on soil organisms
• Name in Czech: Vliv krátkořetězcových chlorovaných parafinů na půdní organismy
• Authors: BEZCHLEBOVÁ, Jitka (203 Czech Republic), Jitka ČERNOHLÁVKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Jan LÁNA (203 Czech Republic), Klára KOBETIČOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Ivana SOCHOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Petra PŘIBYLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Jakub HOFMAN (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
• Edition: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2007, 0147-6513.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10511 Environmental sciences
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.014
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/07:00020849
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• UT WoS: 000247328900004
• Keywords in English: soil; organic pollutants; chlorinated paraffins; ecotoxicology
• Tags: chlorinated paraffins, ecotoxicology, organic pollutants, soil
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Despite the fact that chlorinated paraffins have been produced in relatively large amounts and their high concentrations were found in sewage sludge applied to soils, poor information on their levels in soils and effects on soil organisms are available. Aim of this study was to gather the new data of chlorinated paraffins toxicity in the soils. Effects of short chain chlorinated paraffins (64% chlorine content) on invertebrates (Eisenia fetida, Folsomia candida, Enchytraeus albidus, Enchytraeus crypticus, Caenorhabditis elegans) and substrate-induced respiration of indigenous microorganisms were studied. Differences in sensitivity of tested organisms to short-chain chlorinated paraffins were found where F. candida showed to be the most sensitive organism with LC50 and EC50 values of 5733 mg/kg and 1230 mg/kg respectively. Toxicity results were compared with available studies and the predicted no effect concentration (PNEC) of 5.28 mg/kg was estimated based on our data for soil environment.

Links

• GP525/04/P159, research and development project: Name: Vliv nově rozpoznávaných prioritních perzistentních organických polutantů (POPs) na organismy v půdním ekosystému

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Effects of newly recognized priority persistent organic pollutants (POPs) on organisms of soil ecosystem

• MSM0021622412, plan (intention): Name: Interakce mezi chemickými látkami, prostředím a biologickými systémy a jejich důsledky na globální, regionální a lokální úrovni (INCHEMBIOL) (Acronym: INCHEMBIOL)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interactions among the chemicals, environment and biological systems and their consequences on the global, regional and local scales (INCHEMBIOL)