title: [Ecotoxicological effect and soil environmental criteria of the heavy metal chromium(VI)].
abstract: Nowadays, systematic studies about water quality criteria are being carried out in China, but studies on soil environmental criteria are comparatively insufficient. In this study, germination and root growth of 8 terrestrial plants (Triticum aestivum, Lactuca sativa, Cucumis sativus, Zea mays, Brassica pekinensis, Glycine max, Allium tuberosum and Solanum lycopersicum) and growth inhibition of 1 terrestrial animal (Achatina fulica) were used to determine the chronic ecotoxicological effects of chromium (VI) using the agricultural moisture soil of Baoding. In addition, with the native toxicity data selected, the HC5 (hazardous concentration for 5% of species) and the ecological protected soil environmental criteria of chromium (VI) in Baoding moisture soil were calculated using the log-normal species sensitivity distribution (SSD) method. Results showed that the no observed effect concentration (NOEC) values for the growth of the terrestrial plants T. aestivum, L. sativa, C. sativus, Z. mays, B. pekinensis, G. max, A. tuberosum, S. lycopersicum, and the terrestrial invertebrate snail A. fulica were 19.0, 21.0, 28.0, 32.0, 28.0, 32.0, 32.0, 12.0 and 20.0 mg x kg(-1), respectively. The comparison of species toxicity data that were tested in the same conditions showed that the terrestrial plant S. lycopersicum was the most sensitive species to chromium (VI), T. aestivum and L. sativa had the same sensitivity to chromium (VI) exposure, whereas, plants C. sativus, Z. mays, B. pekinensis, G. max and A. tuberosum had the same sensitivity to chromium (VI) exposure. Finally, the HC5 value of chromium (VI) in the moisture soil of Baoding was calculated to be 7.7 (4.1 < CI < 11. 3) mg x kg(-1) using the log-normal SSD method, and the ecological protected soil environmental criteria of chromium (VI) was 1.5-7.7 mg x kg(-1). With the investigation of this work, we expect that it could provide useful information for the study of soil environmental criteria in China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Nan
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zheng-Tao
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wan-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D002857:Chromium / Q000633:toxicity*; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000187:drug effects*; D054750:Ecotoxicology / Q000379:methods; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D049851:Gastropoda / Q000187:drug effects; D018525:Germination / Q000187:drug effects*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D018675:Toxicity Tests
chemical_list: D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002857:Chromium; C074702:chromium hexavalent ion