Toxicity of Creosote Water-Soluble Fractions Generated from Contaminated Sediments to the Bay Mysid

Padma, Tiruponithura V.; Hale, Robert C.; Roberts, Morris H.; Lipcius, Romuald N.

doi:10.1006/eesa.1998.1738

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“…Creosote compounds are commonly occurring industrial pollutants and are often found as cocontaminants in the environment. Most of creosote consisting compounds are known as carcinogenic, teratogenic, genotoxic and imunotoxic [8,[12][13][14][15][16]. The effects on human health will depend mainly on the length and route of exposure, the amount or concentration of creosote compounds.…”

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Review of Creosote Pollution Toxicity and Possibilities of Bioremediation

Vilnius

Gailiūtė

Aikaitė-Stanaitienė

et al. 2015

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Creosote oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbon compounds obtained from high temperature distillation of coal tar. It is used for over 100 years as a fungicide, insecticide, miticide, and sporicide to protect wood and is applied by pressure methods to wood products, primary utility poles and railroad ties. This treated wood is intended for exterior or outdoor uses only. Its commercial uses include railroad ties 70%, utility poles 15-20%, and other miscellaneous commercial uses 10-15%. Composition of the creosote depends on the source and it has typically 85% polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 10% phenolic compounds, and 5% heterocyclic. Between 20 and 40% of the total weight of typical creosote can be attributed to the 16 PAHs defined as priority pollutants by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The production of creosote in the European Union (EU) has been estimated to be approximately 60.000-100.000 t per year. The presence of the toxic PAHs and phenolic compounds make creosote treated wood harmful for the environment at the end of its service life and direct or indirect human exposure to creosote treated wood may cause carcinogenic affect to kidney, liver, bladder, eyes and skin. In this presentation we review creosote environmental pollution toxicity and possibilities of remediation.

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Gailiūtė

Aikaitė-Stanaitienė

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“…Dibenzofuran (DBF) is a constituent of coal tar and its derivatives (Gaines, 1986;Sliwka et al, 2009), such as creosote which is used for wood preservatives. It is a common component of environmental pollutants, and has been identifi ed in the air, fuel gas, fl y ash from municipal incinerators, diesel exhaust, gas particulates, ground water, surface waters, sediments, and cigarette smoke (Watanabe and Hirayama, 1992;Padma et al, 1999). DBF possesses strong mutagenic and toxic activities (Culp et al, 1998;Goldstein et al, 1998).…”

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Diversity of Dibenzofuran-Utilizing Bacteria Isolated by Direct-Plating and Enrichment Methods

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Widada²,

Kusumaningtyas³

et al. 2012

Indones. J. Biotechnol.

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The effect of enrichment bias on the diversity of Dibenzofuran (DBF)-degrading bacteria recovered from soil was evaluated by direct plating, plating after in-soil adaptation, and plating after batch culture enrichment. Among colonies appeared on Bushnell Haas agar with DBF as the sole carbon source, 119 colonies (49, 38, and 32 from direct plating, plating after in-soil adaptation, and plating after batch culture enrichment, respectively) were arbitrarily selected based on the appearance of the colonies. Total DNA were then extracted from the rest of the colonies and analyzed for their diversity using Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis (RISA). Number of DNA bands obtained from direct plating was higher than the ones obtained after in-soil enrichment and batch culture enrichment. The RISA bands obtained from direct plating were also found to be distributed more evenly than the ones obtained after in-soil enrichment and batch culture enrichment. Dominant bands were observed on RISA from samples obtained after in-soil enrichment and batch culture enrichment. Out of 119, only 9 isolates were consistently able to grow on Bushnell-Haas broth with DBF as the sole carbon source as indicated by broth turbidity. All of the isolates were obtained from soil samples which were enriched in a batch culture. Some of the isolates were able to degrade more then 80 % DBF in the minimal medium.

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Assessment of toxicity hazards of dredged lake sediment contaminated by creosote

Hyötyläinen

Oikari

1999

Science of The Total Environment

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Toxicity of Creosote Water-Soluble Fractions Generated from Contaminated Sediments to the Bay Mysid

Cited by 6 publications

References 25 publications

Review of Creosote Pollution Toxicity and Possibilities of Bioremediation

Review of Creosote Pollution Toxicity and Possibilities of Bioremediation

Diversity of Dibenzofuran-Utilizing Bacteria Isolated by Direct-Plating and Enrichment Methods

Assessment of toxicity hazards of dredged lake sediment contaminated by creosote

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