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    Hazardous concentrations of pollutants for micro-organisms in river sediment

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    Authors
    van Beelen P
    van Vlaardingen PLA
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    Language
    en
    
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    Hazardous concentrations of pollutants for micro-organisms in river sediment
    Translated Title
    Risico concentraties van verontreinigingen voor micro-organismen in rivier sediment
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    The toxic effects of 5 toxicants on 5 anaerobic microbial processes in fresh water sediments were measured. Four 14-C labelled substrates were mineralized to 14-CO2 at concentrations from 1-4 mug/l in fresh sediment microcosms. The half-lives of the substrates acetate, benzoate and 4-monochlorophenol were 12-30, 24, and 84 min. respectively. The chloroform mineralization was much slower with a half-life of 4.5 - 12 days. The natural methane production in the sediment was also used to measure the toxic effects. A dangerous Concentration 5% (DC5) can be calculated from the toxicity data using methods previously adapted for single animal species toxicity tests. Above this toxicant concentration more than 5% of the possible mineralization reactions can be partly inhibited. The HC5 concentrations for benzene, pentachlorophenol, 1,2-dichloroethane, chloroform and zinc are 1, 0.39, 0.0004, 0.0001 and 270 mg/kg sediment dry weight respectively. The chlorinated alkanes are much more toxic for anaerobic micro-organisms than for aerobic fish.<br>
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    Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu RIVM
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    DGM/HDM-DWL /Kroes HW
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