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Linking bioavailability and toxicity changes of complex chemicals mixture to support decision making for remediation endpoint of contaminated soils

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dc.creator Cipullo, Sabrina
dc.creator negrin, I.
dc.creator Claveau, Leila
dc.creator Snapir, Boris
dc.creator Tardif, S.
dc.creator Pulleyblank, C.
dc.creator Prpich, G.
dc.creator Campo Moreno, Pablo
dc.creator Coulon, Frederic
dc.date 2018-10-09T10:03:23Z
dc.date 2018-10-09T10:03:23Z
dc.date 2018-09-27
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:38:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:38:45Z
dc.identifier S. Cipullo, I. Negrin, L. Claveau, et al., Linking bioavailability and toxicity changes of complex chemicals mixture to support decision making for remediation endpoint of contaminated soils. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 650, Part 2, 10 February 2019, pp. 2150-2163
dc.identifier 0048-9697
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.339
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13517
dc.identifier 21676068
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182373
dc.description A six-month laboratory scale study was carried out to investigate the effect of biochar and compost amendments on complex chemical mixtures of tar, heavy metals and metalloids in two genuine contaminated soils. An integrated approach, where organic and inorganic contaminants bioavailability and distribution changes, along with a range of microbiological indicators and ecotoxicological bioassays, was used to provide multiple lines of evidence to support the risk characterisation and assess the remediation end-point. Both compost and biochar amendment (p = 0.005) as well as incubation time (p = 0.001) significantly affected the total and bioavailable concentrations of the total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) in the two soils. Specifically, TPH concentration decreased by 46% and 30% in Soil 1 and Soil 2 amended with compost. These decreases were accompanied by a reduction of 78% (Soil 1) and 6% (Soil 2) of the bioavailable hydrocarbons and the most significant decrease was observed for the medium to long chain aliphatic compounds (EC16–35) and medium molecular weight aromatic compounds (EC16–21). Compost amendment enhanced the degradation of both the aliphatic and aromatic fractions in the two soils, while biochar contributed to lock the hydrocarbons in the contaminated soils. Neither compost nor biochar affected the distribution and behaviour of the heavy metals (HM) and metalloids in the different soil phases, suggesting that the co-presence of heavy metals and metalloids posed a low risk. Strong negative correlations were observed between the bioavailable hydrocarbon fractions and the ecotoxicological assays suggesting that when bioavailable concentrations decreased, the toxicity also decreased. This study showed that adopting a combined diagnostic approach can significantly help to identify optimal remediation strategies and contribute to change the over-conservative nature of the current risk assessments thus reducing the costs associated with remediation endpoint.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Contaminated soils
dc.subject Mixtures
dc.subject Bioavailability
dc.subject Toxicity
dc.subject Bioremediation
dc.title Linking bioavailability and toxicity changes of complex chemicals mixture to support decision making for remediation endpoint of contaminated soils
dc.type Article


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