Science of The Total Environment 2015-02-15

The hazard assessment of nanostructured CeO₂-based mixed oxides on the zebrafish Danio rerio under environmentally relevant UV-A exposure.

Anita Jemec, Petar Djinović, Ilja Gasan Osojnik Crnivec, Albin Pintar

Index: Sci. Total Environ. 506-507 , 272-8, (2015)

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Abstract

The effect of nanomaterials on biota under realistic environmental conditions is an important question. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on how different illumination conditions alter the toxicity of some photocatalytic nanomaterials. We have investigated how environmentally relevant UV-A exposure (intensity 8.50 ± 0.61 W/m(2), exposure dose 9.0J/cm(2)) affected the toxicity of cerium oxide (CeO2)-based nanostructured materials to the early-life stages of zebrafish Danio rerio. Pure cerium oxide (CeO2), copper-cerium (CuO-CeO2) (with a nominal 10, 15 and 20 mol.% CuO content), cerium-zirconium (CeO2-ZrO2) and nickel and cobalt (Ni-Co) deposited over CeO2-ZrO2 were tested. It was found that under both illumination regimes, none of the tested materials affected the normal development or induced mortality of zebrafish early-life stages up to 100mg/L. Only in the case of CuO-CeO2, the growth of larvae was decreased (96 h LOEC values for CuCe10, CuCe15 and CuCe20 were 50, 50 and 10mg/L, respectively). To conclude, CeO2-based nanostructured materials are not severely toxic to zebrafish and environmentally relevant UV-A exposure does not enhance their toxicity.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Related Compounds

  • Cerium Dioxide
  • Cerium standard

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