Acute and chronic toxicity testing of bisphenol A with aquatic invertebrates and plants

Bisphenol A (BPA, 4,4′-isopropylidine diphenol) is a commercially important chemical used primarily as an intermediate in the production of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. Extensive effect data are currently available, including long-term studies with BPA on fish, amphibians, crustaceans, an...

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Published in:Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2009-07, Vol.72 (5), p.1392-1399
Main Authors: Mihaich, Ellen M., Friederich, Urs, Caspers, Norbert, Hall, A. Tilghman, Klecka, Gary M., Dimond, Stephen S., Staples, Charles A., Ortego, Lisa S., Hentges, Steven G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amphipoda - drug effects
Animals
Aquatic plants
Araceae - drug effects
Araceae - growth & development
Benzhydryl Compounds
Bisphenol A
BPA
Brachionus calyciflorus
Chironomid
Chironomidae - drug effects
Chironomus tentans
Diphenols
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Epoxy resins
Female
Fish
Freshwater
Hyalella
Hyalella azteca
Invertebrata
Invertebrate
Invertebrates
Invertebrates - drug effects
Invertebrates - growth & development
Lemna
Lemna gibba
Lethal Dose 50
Male
Marisa cornuarietis
Mollusca
Mollusks
No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level
Phenols - toxicity
Polycarbonates
Population Density
Rotifer
Rotifera
Rotifera - drug effects
Snail
Snails - drug effects
Toxicity testing
Toxicity Tests, Acute - methods
Toxicity Tests, Chronic - methods
Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity
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Summary:Bisphenol A (BPA, 4,4′-isopropylidine diphenol) is a commercially important chemical used primarily as an intermediate in the production of polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. Extensive effect data are currently available, including long-term studies with BPA on fish, amphibians, crustaceans, and mollusks. The aim of this study was to perform additional tests with a number of aquatic invertebrates and an aquatic plant. These studies include acute tests with the midge ( Chironomus tentans) and the snail ( Marisa cornuarietis), and chronic studies with rotifers ( Brachionus calyciflorus), amphipods ( Hyalella azteca), and plants ( Lemna gibba). The effect data on different aquatic invertebrate and plant species presented in this paper correspond well with the effect and no-effect concentrations (NOECs) available from invertebrate studies in the published literature and are within the range found for other aquatic species tested with BPA.
ISSN:0147-6513
1090-2414
DOI:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.02.005