Acute toxicological effects on the earthworm Eisenia fetida of 18 common pharmaceuticals in artificial soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 518-519, Issue , 2015, Pages 225-237

  Pino, Ma Rosa ^a   Val, Jonatan ^a   Mainar, Ana Ma ^b   Zuriaga, Estefanía ^a   Español, Cecilia ^a   Langa, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Blood lipid lowering agent; Earthworm; NSAID; Soil; Blocker

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; BLOOD; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; LIPIDS; SOILS;

EARTHWORM; EARTHWORM EISENIA FETIDA; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; LIPID LOWERING; NSAID; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

TOXICITY;

ACEBUTOLOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEZAFIBRATE; DICLOFENAC; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; METOPROLOL; MEVINOLIN; NADOLOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL; SALICYLIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TIMOLOL; TRIMETHOPRIM; DRUG; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOSOLID; EARTHWORM; SOIL TEST; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; BIOASSAY; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICITY; EISENIA FETIDA; LC50; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

EISENIA FETIDA;

ANIMALS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84924373013     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.080     Document Type: Article

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