ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2016
Toxicity of perfluorooctanoic acid towards earthworm and enzymatic activities in soil.
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- Evidence of the occurrence, detection, and ecotoxicity studies of perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in aqueous environments.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2025Review
- Impact of Short-Chain Perfluoropropylene Oxide Acids on Biochemical and Behavioural Parameters inJournal of xenobiotics · 2024Article
- Occurrence and Fate of Fluoroalkyl Sulfonamide-Based Copolymers in Earthworms-Bioavailability, Transformation, and Potential Impact of Sludge Application.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Antioxidant defense system responses, lysosomal membrane stability and DNA damage in earthworms (RSC advances · 2021Article
- Biomarker responses of earthworms (Eisenia fetida) to soils contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017Article
- Effects of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate on acute toxicity, superoxide dismutase, and cellulase activity in the earthworm Eisenia fetida.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2017Article
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Abstract
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a widespread persistent organic contaminant in the environment that has recently raised much of regulatory and public concern. Therefore, assessment of its ecological risk is a top priority research. Hence, this study investigated the toxicity of PFOA to beneficial microbial processes in the soil such as activities of dehydrogenase, urease and potential nitrification in addition to earthworm survival, weight loss and PFOA bioaccumulation in two contrasting soils. In general, PFOA caused inhibition of all the measured microbial processes in a dose-dependent manner and the inhibition was higher in Williamtown (WT) soil than Edinburgh (EB) soil. Thus, WT soil being sandy in nature with low clay content showed higher PFOA bioavailability and hence showed higher toxicity. There was no mortality in earthworms exposed up to 100 mg PFOA/kilogram soil in both the soils; however, there was a significant weight loss from 25 mg/kg onwards. This study clearly demonstrates that soil contamination of PFOA can lead to adverse effects on soil health.
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