Bioassays as one of the Green Chemistry tools for assessing environmental quality: A review

M Wieczerzak, J Namieśnik, B Kudłak - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
For centuries, mankind has contributed to irreversible environmental changes, but due to the
modern science of recent decades, scientists are able to assess the scale of this impact. The …

Effective microorganism water treatment method for rapid eutrophic reservoir restoration

P Tomczyk, PS Wierzchowski, J Dobrzyński… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Since reservoirs perform many important functions, they are exposed to various types of
unfavorable phenomena, eg, eutrophication which leads to a rapid growth of algae (blooms) …

Assessment of heavy metals mobility and toxicity in contaminated sediments by sequential extraction and a battery of bioassays

A Baran, M Tarnawski - Ecotoxicology, 2015 - Springer
The aim of this study was to assess heavy metals mobility and toxicity in sediments collected
from a dam reservoir in the conditions of intensive human impact by using chemical …

Brewery wastewater treatment using cyanobacterial-bacterial settleable aggregates

KP Papadopoulos, CN Economou, S Dailianis… - Algal Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the bioremediation of brewery wastewater using a cyanobacterial-
bacterial consortium dominated by the filamentous cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya sp. in …

Phytotoxkit/Phytotestkit and Microtox® as tools for toxicity assessment of sediments

A Baran, M Tarnawski - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to use bioassays to evaluate the toxicity of pore water, sediments
and sediments elutriates. Furthermore, a possible relationship between observed toxicity …

Chemical properties and toxicity of soils contaminated by mining activity

B Agnieszka, C Tomasz, W Jerzy - Ecotoxicology, 2014 - Springer
This research is aimed at assessing the total content and soluble forms of metals (zinc, lead
and cadmium) and toxicity of soils subjected to strong human pressure associated with …

The significance of heterophasic ion exchange in active biomonitoring of heavy metal pollution of surface waters

A Kłos, S Wierzba, P Świsłowski, A Cygan, Ł Gruss… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We have carried out studies to examine the possibility of using biosorbents: the epigeic
mosses Pleurozium schreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt., and the epiphytic lichens Hypogymnia …

Toxicity studies on sediments near hydropower plants on the Ślęza and Bystrzyca rivers, Poland, to establish their potential for use for soil enrichment

P Tomczyk, B Gałka, M Wiatkowski… - Land Degradation & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study is to analyze the toxicity of the sediments accumulated in the vicinity of
hydropower plants (HPs) on the Ślęza and Bystrzyca rivers in Poland and the possibility of …

Evaluation of dredged sediment co-composted with green waste as plant growing media assessed by eco-toxicological tests, plant growth and microbial community …

P Mattei, R Pastorelli, G Rami, S Mocali… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dredged sediments have currently no broad reuse options as compared to other wastes due
to their peculiar physico-chemical properties, posing problems for the management of the …

The effect of low-temperature transformation of mixtures of sewage sludge and plant materials on content, leachability and toxicity of heavy metals

K Gondek, A Baran, M Kopeć - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to determine the influence of the process of low-temperature
transformation and the addition of plant material to sewage sludge diversifying the content of …