An investigation into the acute and chronic toxicity of eleven pharmaceuticals (and their solvents) found in wastewater effluent on the cnidarian, Hydra attenuata

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 306-314

  Quinn, Brian ^a   Gagné, François ^a   Blaise, Christian ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic effects; Feeding; Hydra attenuata; Pharmaceuticals; Solvents

Indexed keywords

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHRONIC EFFECTS; HYDRA ATTENUATA;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

BEZAFIBRATE; CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DRUG; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; NOVOBIOCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SOLVENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

DRUG; EFFLUENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOLVENT; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COELENTERATE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LC 50; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRA; LETHAL DOSE 50; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

HYDRA; HYDRA VULGARIS;

EID: 36048967527     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.038     Document Type: Article

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