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Toxicity of copper ...
Toxicity of copper in sewage sludge
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- Dave, Göran, 1945 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap och kulturvård, tillämpad miljövetenskap,Department of Environmental Science and Conservation, Applied Environmental Science
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- Fjällborg, Bengt, 1962 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap och kulturvård, tillämpad miljövetenskap,Department of Environmental Science and Conservation, Applied Environmental Science
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- 2003
- 2003
- English.
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In: ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL. - 0160-4120. ; 28:8, s. 761-769
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Abstract
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- Sewage sludge is a source of organic matter and nutrients, but a major obstacle for its recycling is that the municipal wastewater sludge has low but significant levels of contaminants. This investigation, on the acute toxicity of copper in sewage sludge, was conducted with three organisms, Daphnia magna, Lemna minor and Raphanus sativus (seeds). The toxicity of the leakage water from sewage sludge spiked with CuSO4 was studied for 64 days. The toxicity increased during the first 8-16 days and then started to decrease. The first increase in toxicity was due to ammonia, but after 32 days, a dose-related effect of copper was found. After 64 days, L. minor had an EC50 of 3800 mg Cu/kg dw for 7 days growth inhibition, a LOEC of 3200 mg Cu/kg dw and a NOEC of 1600 mg Cu/kg dw. D. magna had an EC50 of 18 100 mg Cu/kg dw (24-h immobility) and a NOEC of 12 800 mg Cu/kg dw. Root elongation of R. sativus was reduced at 25 600 mg Cu/kg dw. Both for Daphnia and Lemna, the pH of the leakage water had an effect of the toxicity. This means that chemical speciation and bioavailability is very important for the hazard assessment of copper in sludge and soil.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- copper; toxicity; sewage sludge; Daphnia magna; Lemna minor; Raphanus sativus
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- art (subject category)
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