Toxicity of different-sized cobalt ferrite (CoFeO) nanoparticles to Oncorhynchus mykiss at early development stages.

As innovative and versatile agents with potential applications in a wide range of fields including medicine, electronics, wastewater treatment, cosmetics, and energy storage devices, magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) are significant attention. However, our knowledge of the harmful effects of different-sized NPs, particularly of their effects on aquatic animals, is limited. In this study, we evaluated the impact of different-sized (sub-2, 5, and 15 nm) cobalt ferrite (CoFeO) NPs on the biological parameters of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) embryos and larvae.

A multiscale study of the effects of a diet containing CdSe/ZnS-COOH quantum dots on Salmo trutta fario L.: Potential feed-related nanotoxicity.

Quantum dots (QDs) receive widespread attention in industrial and biomedical fields, but the risks posed by the use of nanoparticles to aquatic organisms and the associated toxicological effects are still not well understood. In this study, effects of the 7-day dietary exposure of Salmo trutta fario L. juveniles to CdSe/ZnS-COOH QDs were evaluated at molecular, cellular, physiological and whole-organism levels.

Effect of graphene oxide on the uptake, translocation and toxicity of metal mixture to Lepidium sativum L. plants: Mitigation of metal phytotoxicity due to nanosorption.

Due to its unique structure and exceptional properties, graphene oxide (GO) is increasingly used in various fields of industry and therefore is inevitably released into the environment, where it interacts with different contaminants. However, the information relating to the ability of GO to affect the toxicity of contaminants is still limited. Therefore, the aim of our study was to synthesize GO, to examine the phytotoxicity of different concentrations of GO and its co-exposure with the metal mixture using garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.

Interactions of semiconductor Cd-based quantum dots and Cd with gut bacteria isolated from wild fry.

Background: With the rapid development of nanotechnology, more and more nanoproducts are being released into the environment where they may both pose ecological risks and be toxic to living organisms. The ecotoxicological impact of quantum dots (QDs), a class of nanoparticles (NPs), on aquatic organisms is becoming an emerging issue, this due to their nano-specific properties, to the physico-chemical transformation in the environment and to the possible release of toxic metals from their structure such as Cd.

Methods: In this work, (i) spectroscopic measurements of commercially available Cd-based QDs (CdSe/ZnS-COOH) were made at various pH values (5.