Toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics and zinc oxide to mice

FN Estrela, ATB Guimarães, AP da Costa Araújo… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The toxicity of zinc oxide (ZnO NPs) and polystyrene nanoplastics (PS NaPs) has been
tested in different animal models; however, knowledge about their impact on mice remains …

An insight into the cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and mutagenicity of smoked cigarette butt leachate by using Allium cepa as test system

MF Montalvão, LLG Sampaio, HHF Gomes… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Smoked cigarette butt (SCB) discharged in the environment became an issue of unknown
consequences for plants. Thus, we aim at assessing the impact of water containing SBC …

Behavioral toxicity of tannery effluent in zebrafish (Danio rerio) used as model system

TQ Chagas, TG da Silva Alvarez, MF Montalvão… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ecotoxicity of untreated tannery effluent (UTE) in several animal models has been
reported; however, its effects on fish behavior, and neurotoxicity, remain unknown. Thus, the …

How leachates from wasted cigarette butts influence aquatic life? A case study on freshwater mussel Anodontites trapesiali

MF Montalvão, TQ Chagas, TG da Silva Alvarez… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
There are several reports on the damage smoking causes to human health available in the
literature, but little is known about the environmental and biological consequences from …

Cigarette butt leachate as a risk factor to the health of freshwater bivalve

MF Montalvão, TQ Chagas, TG da Silva Alvarez… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The toxicity caused by smoking to human health has been demonstrated in several scientific
studies. However, little attention has been given to damages caused to aquatic biota when …

A pioneering study on cytotoxicity in Australian parakeets (Melopsittacus undulates) exposed to tannery effluent

JM de Souza, MF Montalvão, AR da Silva… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Waste effluent from the tannery industry is a major source of environmental pollution.
Considering that the bird intake of water contaminated with tannery effluent constitutes a …

Impacts of tannery effluent on development and morphological characters in a neotropical tadpole

MF Montalvão, AL da Silva Castro… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous studies have shown the contamination of rivers and streams caused by tannery
effluents (TE). However, the effects of TE on amphibians are still unknown. Thus, we …

The genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of tannery effluent in bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

MF Montalvão, JM de Souza, ATB Guimarães… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Some of the most polluting activities occur in bovine skin processing. Tannery generates
effluents containing high concentrations of heavy metals and organic compounds. The …

Insights about the toxic effects of tannery effluent on Lithobates catesbeianus tadpoles

DF do Amaral, MF Montalvão… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tannery industries are considered highly polluting due to the large production of polluted
wastewater [untreated tannery effluent (UTE)]. Although previous studies have already …

Ingestion of tannery effluent as a risk factor to the health of birds: A toxicological study using Coturnix coturnix japonica as a model system

DM dos Reis Sampaio, FN Estrela… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tannery industries generate large amounts of tannery effluents (TE), which have been
considered highly toxic to various groups of animals. However, the identification and …