Field and laboratory results for the evaluation of metal contaminants at a Superfund site
Conference
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OSTI ID:49578
- Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA (United States). Region 9
- Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, MA (United States). Region 1
- ManTech, Corvallis, OR (United States)
Measurements were made for seed germination plant uptake, laboratory biomass (lettuce, Lactuca saliva), mortality and bioaccumulation tests (earthworm, Eisenia fetida) in the field and laboratory, field and laboratory uptake with small mammals and laboratory uptake with Xenopus. Metals included cadmium, arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc collected in soils at five stations and a reference station, and in earthworm tissue, gut contents, in plants, small mammals and frogs exposed in the laboratory. These measurement endpoints were selected to assess the potential risks of the metal plating wastes to avian, mammalian, and wetland assessment endpoints in support of ecological risk assessment. Mortality was observed in the field earthworm test after a 7 day exposure. No inhibition of 4 day seed germination was observed at any station in field or greenhouse studies, however 28 day biomass tests for lettuce resulted in significant reductions in biomass. Cadmium measured in earthworm tissue was considerably greater for indigenous earthworms compared to laboratory exposed earthworms for 28 days, or to earthworms exposed in the field for 26 days. Differences in the results obtained from field and laboratory exposures for bioaccumulation of metals demonstrates the importance of infield exposure in studies to support ecological risk assessment.
- OSTI ID:
- 49578
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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