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The aim of this study was to assess the ecotoxicological effects of various compounds in complex airport effluents using a chemical and ecotoxicological integrated strategy. The present work deals with the determination of sum of PCBs, PAHs, pesticides, cations, anions, phenols, anionic, cationic, non-ionic detergents, formaldehyde and metals – as well as TOC and conductivity – in runoff water samples collected from 2009 to 2011 at several locations on two Polish international airports. Two microbiotests (Vibrio fischeri bacteria and the crustacean Thamnocephalus platyurus) have been used to determine the ecotoxicity of airport runoff waters. The levels of many compounds exceeded several or even several tens of times the maximum permissible levels. Analysis of the obtained data shows that samples that displayed maximum toxicity towards the bioindicators Vibrio fischeri were not toxic towards Thamnocephalus platyurus. Levels of toxicity towards T. platyurus are strongly correlated with pollutants that originate from the technological operations related to the maintenance of airport infrastructure. The integrated (chemical–ecotoxicological) approach to environmental contamination assessment in and around airports yields extensive information on the quality of the environment. These methodologies can be then used as tools for tracking the environmental fate of these compounds and for assessing the environmental effect of airports. Subsequently, these data will provide a basis for airport infrastructure management.
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Monika Cieszyńska
- Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu z Oddziałem Pielęgniarstwa i Instytutem Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej Zakład Toksykologii Środowiska
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
no. 16,
edition 5,
pages 1083 - 1093,
ISSN: 1464-0325 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Bibliographic description:
- Sulej-Suchomska A., Polkowska Ż., Wolska L., Cieszyńska M., Namieśnik J.: Toxicity and chemical analyses of airport runoff waters in Poland// JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING. -Vol. 16, iss. 5 (2014), s.1083-1093
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1039/c3em00448a
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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