期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 172, 期 -, 页码 76-85出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.08.011
关键词
ZnO nanoparticles; Ecotoxicity; Particle dissolution; Reactive oxygen species; Photo-induced toxicity
资金
- National Research Council at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mid-Continent Ecology Division laboratory
This report presents an exhaustive literature review on the toxicity of manufactured ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) to ecological receptors across different taxa: bacteria, algae and plants, aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates and vertebrates. Ecotoxicity studies on ZnO NPs are most abundant in bacteria, and are relatively lacking in other species. These studies suggest relative high acute toxicity of ZnO NPs (in the low mg/l levels) to environmental species, although this toxicity is highly dependent on test species, physico-chemical properties of the material, and test methods. Particle dissolution to ionic zinc and particle-induced generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) represent the primary modes of action for ZnO NP toxicity across all species tested, and photo-induced toxicity associated with its photocatalytic property may be another important mechanism of toxicity under environmentally relevant UV radiation. Finally, current knowledge gaps within this area are briefly discussed and recommendations for future research are made. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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