The biochemical and toxicological responses of earthworm (Eisenia fetida) following exposure to nanoscale zerovalent iron in a soil system

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 2507 - 2514
• Main Authors: Liang, Jun, Xia, Xiaoqian, Zhang, Wei, Zaman, Waqas Qamar, Lin, Kuangfei, Hu, Shuangqing, Lin, Zhifen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Antioxidants; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Avoidance behavior; Body wall; Catalase; Catalase - metabolism; Earth and Environmental Science; earthworms; Ecotoxicology; Eisenia fetida; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Enzymatic activity; Exposure; growth retardation; histopathology; integument; Invertebrates; Iron; Iron - toxicity; Malondialdehyde; Malondialdehyde - metabolism; Metal Nanoparticles - toxicity; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Oligochaeta - drug effects; Oligochaeta - metabolism; Oxidative stress; Oxidative Stress - drug effects; Reactive oxygen species; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Research Article; Respiration; soil; Soil - chemistry; Soil invertebrates; Soil investigations; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Pollutants - toxicity; Soils; Subacute toxicity; Superoxide dismutase; Superoxide Dismutase - metabolism; Toxicity; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Worms; Nanoscale zerovalent iron; Nanomaterial; Toxicological effects; Eisenia fetida

Nanomaterials have increasingly gained a great amount of interest due to their widespread applications, while their potential impacts on invertebrates in soil lack thorough investigation. This study is mainly aimed at determining the acute and subacute toxicity to the earthworm Eisenia fetida , indu...