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Acute toxicity of tire wear particles and leachate to Daphnia magna
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Researchers tested the acute toxicity of tire wear particles and their chemical leachates on the freshwater organism Daphnia magna. They found that zinc and pyrene were the most abundant contaminants in the leachate, and that both the particles and their leachates caused significant immobilization and mortality. The study indicates that tire wear particles, increasingly recognized as a form of microplastic pollution, pose a real threat to freshwater aquatic life.
Tire wear particles (TWP) are a new pollutant widely present in the environment, and have been identified as microplastics (MPs), which are receiving increasing attention due to their toxic effects on aquatic organisms. In this study, D. magna was used as test organism, and the leachate from TWP was prepared by hot water extraction for 30 (30-E) and 120 min (120-E). The acute toxic effects of particles and leachate on D. magna were studied under different exposure concentrations. The results showed that zinc and pyrene were the highest detected contaminants in the leachate. The 48 h-LC values for particles and leachate were determined to be 56.99, 461.30 (30-E), and 153.00 mg/L (120-E), respectively. Following a 48 h exposure period, the immobilization of D. magna exposed to the particles and their leachate were increased with the concentration increase. The physical damage of the gut was found to be a possible mechanism for particle-induced biotoxicity. The compounds leached from TWP were responsible for the acute toxicity of leachate. Particles usually demonstrated a greater degree of toxicity in comparison to their leachate, especially at environmentally relevant concentrations. Exposure to particles and leachate resulted in the inhibition of swimming speed, swimming acceleration, filtration rate, and ingestion rate in D. magna. Furthermore, thoracic limb activity was observed to be inhibited. The heart rate of D. magna was significantly increased by the presence of particles at a concentration of 200 mg/L and leachate at concentrations of 400 and 800 mg/L (120-E). The observed alterations in behavior and physiological endpoints may be related to oxidative stress and neurotoxicity in the organism. Reduced superoxide dismutase (SOD) and total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC) activities indicated that D. magna may suffer from excessive oxidative stress, whereas the increase of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity may serve as a biomarker of susceptibility to evaluate the environmental risks of TWP and corresponding leachates as potential aquatic pollutants.. Therefore, a more comprehensive risk assessment of TWP in the environment is necessary.
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