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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Santos, Ana Dalva de Oliveira
• Nascimento, Marilia Teresa Lima do
• Argolo, Allan dos Santos
• Felix, Louise Cruz
• Santos, Rejany Ferreira dos
• Freitas, Alex da Silva de
• Hauser‐Davis, Rachel Ann
• Fonseca, Estefan Monteiro da
• Bila, Daniele Maia
• Baptista Neto, José Antônio

Titel

Estrogenic activity and acute toxicity assessments of sediments from a chronically polluted estuarine area in southeastern Brazil

Ist Teil von

• Environmental quality management, 2024-03, Vol.33 (3), p.183-194

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken: Wiley Periodicals Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Wiley Online Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Compounds displaying estrogenic potential can lead to serious negative aquatic ecosystem impacts, and exposure to mixtures of endocrine disruptors present in environmental matrices with very complex characteristics, including sediments, can cause serious risks to biota, animals, and humans. Within this perspective, the aim of the present study was to assess estrogenic activity and toxicity in sediments sampled from Guanabara Bay, the most important, although chronically polluted, estuary in southeastern Brazil. To this end, estrogenic activity determinations were performed by the yeast estrogen screen (YES) assay, and acute toxicity assays were carried out employing Vibrio fischeri. Estrogenic activity was quantified up for 8.7 ng g−1 in E2‐EQ, although high levels of cytotoxicity (up to 95%) were observed and might have hindered the determination of the real estrogenic potential in most samples. Acute toxicity to V. fischeri ranged from 0 to 45.21%. These results point to potential deleterious effects caused by micropollutants and underline the urgency of continuous monitoring of the degradation degree of the Guanabara Bay estuary.