Assessment of the toxicity of triasulfuron and its photoproducts using aquatic organisms |
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Authors: | Vulliet Emmanuelle Emmelin Corinne Chovelon Jean-Marc Chouteau Céline Clement Bernard |
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Institution: | Laboratoire d'Application de la Chimie à l'Environnement (LACE), UMR 5634 CNRS, 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne, France. vulliet@univ-lyon1.fr |
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Abstract: | The toxicological effects of the sulfonylurea herbicide triasulfuron and its photoproducts were assessed on four aquatic organisms. Toxicity varied with tested organism and with triasulfuron irradiation time. Triasulfuron and its photoproducts had no significant effects on the crustacean (Cladocera) Daphnia magna (causing 50% effective concentration EC50] 48 h] = 49 +/- 1 mg/L) and the marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri (EC50 30 min] > 100 mg/L). In contrast, primary producers (the duckweed Lemna minor, the microalgae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, and Chlorella vulgaris) were very sensitive to triasulfuron (EC50s < 11 microg/L). For these organisms, triasulfuron photoproducts were less toxic than the parent compound but the residual toxicity observed still represented a potential environmental hazard. |
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