Extending international toxicity testing guidance to middle eastern test species

Butler, Josh D.; Varghese, Linso; Deb, Nandita; Thornhill, Bernice

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136343

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“…Understanding of the toxicological threat posed by chemical contamination to marine organisms in the Arabian Gulf is an emerging field (Khatir et al, 2020 ) and further work is required to develop a suite of biological effects tools (e.g. bioassay and biomarkers) that are adapted to local species and can support chemical led monitoring programmes such as described here (Beg et al, 2015 ; Butler et al, 2020 ; Smith et al, 2015 ). Overall, the data presented provides a baseline against which future assessments can be conducted which can support both national and regional efforts to assess marine environmental health (Abdulla & Naser, 2021 ; Devlin et al, 2019 ; ROPME, 2013 ).…”

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Spatial and temporal analysis of the risks posed by metal contamination in coastal and marine sediments of Bahrain

Nicolaus

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Khamis

et al. 2022

Environ Monit Assess

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Nine metals including Al, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were analysed from sediment samples collected from 29 stations since 2007 from Bahraini waters. Within this study, it was investigated whether concentrations of these determinants are at concentrations above internationally established Assessment Criteria (AC). The majority of sites were considered not to pose a toxicological risk in terms of metal contamination. Where breaches occurred, they were mainly from historic samples related to Cr, Cu and Ni contamination. A trend assessment revealed that out of 59 significant trends, 36 were downwards and 23 upwards, indicating that some determinants like Al, Zn and Ni are improving strongly across some sites, whilst areas associated with industrial activity still see some increasing trends for Al, Cd, Pb and Zn.

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Spatial and temporal analysis of the risks posed by metal contamination in coastal and marine sediments of Bahrain

Nicolaus

Maxwell

Khamis

et al. 2022

Environ Monit Assess

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“…The calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa and the harpacticoid species Amphiascus tenuiremis and Nitocra spinipes have been recommended by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO, 2007) and OECD (2007 b ) for the evaluation of chronic and acute lethal toxicity of marine contaminants such as herbicides (Noack et al ., 2016), sediment organic contaminants (Macken et al ., 2008), discharge waters (Sonmez, Sivri & Dokmeci, 2016) and oestrogens (Andersen, Halling‐Sørensen & Kusk, 1999). Other studies have stressed the importance of using local species to ensure the ecological relevance of such tests (Butler et al ., 2020). Marine copepods have also been utilised as model organisms for the acute and chronic testing of crude oil and chemical dispersants (Almeda et al ., 2013; Fig.…”

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A broad‐taxa approach as an important concept in ecotoxicological studies and pollution monitoring

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Barnay‐Verdier

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Biological Reviews

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Aquatic invertebrates play a pivotal role in (eco)toxicological assessments because they offer ethical, cost‐effective and repeatable testing options. Additionally, their significance in the food chain and their ability to represent diverse aquatic ecosystems make them valuable subjects for (eco)toxicological studies. To ensure consistency and comparability across studies, international (eco)toxicology guidelines have been used to establish standardised methods and protocols for data collection, analysis and interpretation. However, the current standardised protocols primarily focus on a limited number of aquatic invertebrate species, mainly from Arthropoda, Mollusca and Annelida. These protocols are suitable for basic toxicity screening, effectively assessing the immediate and severe effects of toxic substances on organisms. For more comprehensive and ecologically relevant assessments, particularly those addressing long‐term effects and ecosystem‐wide impacts, we recommended the use of a broader diversity of species, since the present choice of taxa exacerbates the limited scope of basic ecotoxicological studies.This review provides a comprehensive overview of (eco)toxicological studies, focusing on major aquatic invertebrate taxa and how they are used to assess the impact of chemicals in diverse aquatic environments. The present work supports the use of a broad‐taxa approach in basic environmental assessments, as it better represents the natural populations inhabiting various ecosystems. Advances in omics and other biochemical and computational techniques make the broad‐taxa approach more feasible, enabling mechanistic studies on non‐model organisms. By combining these approaches with in vitro techniques together with the broad‐taxa approach, researchers can gain insights into less‐explored impacts of pollution, such as changes in population diversity, the development of tolerance and transgenerational inheritance of pollution responses, the impact on organism phenotypic plasticity, biological invasion outcomes, social behaviour changes, metabolome changes, regeneration phenomena, disease susceptibility and tissue pathologies. This review also emphasises the need for harmonised data‐reporting standards and minimum annotation checklists to ensure that research results are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR), maximising the use and reusability of data. The ultimate goal is to encourage integrated and holistic problem‐focused collaboration between diverse scientific disciplines, international standardisation organisations and decision‐making bodies, with a focus on transdisciplinary knowledge co‐production for the One‐Health approach.

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“…Si se mantiene esta proporción, se puede aventurar un total de 20.000-22.000 especies de plantas vasculares presentes en el país. Cifra alcanzable, pues sin duda, Ecuador posee una gran riqueza biológica, y concretamente, una altísima diversidad vegetal, que, en términos relativos, coloca al país entre los diez primeros del mundo (Butler, 2020).…”

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Extending international toxicity testing guidance to middle eastern test species

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Spatial and temporal analysis of the risks posed by metal contamination in coastal and marine sediments of Bahrain

Spatial and temporal analysis of the risks posed by metal contamination in coastal and marine sediments of Bahrain

A broad‐taxa approach as an important concept in ecotoxicological studies and pollution monitoring

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