title: Assessment of the effects of soil PAH accumulation by a battery of ecotoxicological tests.
abstract: Surface soils were collected at remote, urban and industrial sites in the Southern of Italy in order to evaluate PAH concentrations and assess the toxic effects by a battery of ecotoxicological tests. The tests were performed on whole soils and on both organic and aqueous extracts. Further goal of this study was to integrate the results coming from each test and matrix in a synthetic toxicity index. The highest summation sigmaPAH concentrations were measured at the industrial soil, although this one did not show an high ecotoxicological risk. Among the performed tests, the phytotoxicity tests showed the highest sensitivity. For whole soil, the worst case always has been represented by test through bacteria. Our results could represent the first step toward the selection of a proper battery to characterize the soil ecotoxicological risk.
authors.affiliation: ENEA C. R. Portici, Via Vecchio Macello, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy. sonia.manzo@portici.enea.it
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manzo
authors.forename: Flavia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Nicola
authors.forename: Fabiano
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Luca Picione
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maisto
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfani
mesh_terms: D048908:Aliivibrio fischeri / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D003445:Crustacea / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D003621:Daphnia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018525:Germination / Q000187:drug effects; D007558:Italy; D031220:Lepidium sativum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D049449:Luminescence; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D031226:Sinapis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D045868:Sorghum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012989:Soil Pollutants