期刊
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
卷 253, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106332
关键词
Mixture toxicity; Particle-particle interaction; Concentration addition; Independent action; Response surface; Model deviation ratio
资金
- Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government [17305715]
- Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) of the HKSAR Government
- University of Hong Kong
- RGC via the Theme-based Research Scheme [T21-711/16-R]
This study investigated the joint toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics (PNPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) to a rotifer, and compared it with the joint toxicity of PNPs and Zn ions. The results showed an antagonistic interaction between ZnO-NPs and PNPs, while an additive effect was observed between Zn-IONS and PNPs. The study suggests the use of the Nonparametric Response Surface method for predicting the toxicity of chemical mixtures with interacting effects.
Emerging contaminants such as nanoplastics and nanoparticles likely experience similar environmental behaviours, fate and effects but our knowledge of their combined toxicity is scanty. This study, therefore, investigated the joint toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics (PNPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) to an ecologically important rotifer Brachionus koreanus, and compared with the joint toxicity of PNPs and Zn ions (Zn-IONs from ZnSO4 center dot 7H(2)O). With increasing concentration, ZnO-NPs formed significant agglomeration with PNPs for up to 1.3 times of the original hydrodynamic size of ZnO-NPs, alongside doubling in their sedimentation and thereby losing 58% of their released Zn ions. In contrast, the availability of Zn-IONs was less affected by the agglomeration and sedimentation of PNPs, with only a loss of 18% of Zn ions at the highest concentration of PNPs. Consequently, as suggested by Concentration Addition and Independent Action models and the Model Deviation Ratios, ZnO-NPs and PNPs exerted an antagonistic interaction whereas Zn-IONs and PNPs exhibited an additive effect. We also advocate the use of the Nonparametric Response Surface method, which is more useful to predict the toxicity of chemical mixtures with interacting effects. Our findings suggested a potential difference between particle-particle and particle-ion interactions, especially at higher test concentrations, which may eventually affect their toxicity. We, therefore, call for a more systematic evaluation of commonly coexisting chemical mixtures which consist of nanoplastics and manufactured nanomaterials.
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