Ecotoxicity of thallium to two soil animal species with different niches and modification by organic materials.

Sci Total Environ

State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China.

Published: October 2024

Soil thallium (Tl) contamination is of major public concern but little is known about soil Tl ecological toxicity or potential ecological remediation strategies. Here, two soil animal species with different ecological niches, Folsomia candida and Enchytraeus crypticus, were used to test Tl toxicity and modification by exogenous organic materials (i.e. maize straw and biochar). The endpoints of Tl ecotoxicity to F. candida and E. crypticus were studied at two biological levels, i.e., the individual (body Tl concentrations) and the population (survival, reproduction, and growth). Thallium concentrations in F. candida and E. crypticus increased with increasing soil Tl concentration, and their survival and reproduction rates decreased with increasing soil Tl concentration. The LC50 value of Tl effects on F. candida mortality (28 d) was 24.0 mg kg and the EC50 value of reproduction inhibition was 6.51 mg kg. The corresponding values were 4.15 mg kg and 2.31 mg kg respectively for E. crypticus showing higher sensitivity to soil Tl than F. candida. These effective values are comparable to or much lower than the environmental Tl concentrations in field soils, suggesting high potential ecological risk. Both biochar and straw can decrease animal body Tl concentrations in different ways, i.e. reducing Tl availability or offering clean food sources, and addition of exogenous organic materials clearly mitigated Tl ecotoxicity in highly polluted soil. The results highlight the potential Tl ecological risk to soil animals and the potential use of organic materials to control the toxicity.

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