title: Assessment of the concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in soils from the Sarno River basin, Italy, and ecotoxicological survey by Daphnia magna.
abstract: We studied the contamination level of the soils of the Sarno River basin in southwestern Italy by combined acute toxicity test with Dapnia magna and chemical extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). For the ecotoxicological assessment, 188 samples were taken and coincided with those of a previous study (2013) where heavy metals were surveyed. For the organics assessment, 21 samples were selected nearby representative areas of elevated anthropic pressure. About 10.1 % of the samples showed noticeable sign of D. magna mortality, 61-100 %, and fall along the potentially floatable areas of Sarno and Solofrana basins with high degree of contamination by Cr, As, Zn, and Hg. High levels of ecotoxicity, 61-100 %, were determined in the lower Sarno River basin in areas of moderate or low degree of contamination by Cd, Cu Hg, Pb, Sb, Sn, and Zn. Benzo(a)pyrene, indenopyrene, and benzo(g,h,i)perylene were present at concentrations of 0.32, 0.23, and 0.18 mg kg(-1), respectively, 2- to 3-fold the law limits with most of the samples falling nearby the points where the ecotoxicity output was close to 100 %. Among OCPs, pp'-DDT had a mean of 0.225 mg kg(-1) and hence about more than 200- and 2-fold the residential, 0.01 mg kg(-1), and commercial/industrial limits, 0.1 mg kg(-1) and determined mainly in the central Sarno valley in an area where elevated concentrations of benzopyrene and D. magna mortality were also observed. The study evidenced the high rate of contamination by PAHs and OCPs of the soils and the need of urgent remediation actions.
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Via Mezzocannone 10, 80138, Naples, Italy, Michele.arienzo@unina.it.
authors: Michele
authors: M
authors: Arienzo
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Albanese
authors: Annamaria
authors: A
authors: Lima
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Cannatelli
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Aliberti
authors: Flavia
authors: F
authors: Cicotti
authors: Shiuhua
authors: S
authors: Qi
authors: Benedetto
authors: B
authors: De Vivo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003621:Daphnia; D054750:Ecotoxicology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D007558:Italy; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D010575:Pesticides; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
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