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Evaluation of ecotoxicity of uranium smelting area receiving effluent using ostracods

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Physico-chemical methods were used to assess the contamination status of water bodies near a uranium mine pit and tailings pond in northern Guangdong. The results of the evaluation showed that the content, Pi values and ecological risk index of U and Cd were high and exhibited serious hazard levels, while the remaining elements were weakly contaminated. On this basis, ecotoxicity evaluation was carried out using the ostracods Heterocypris sp. and Cypridopsis vidua. The results were consistent with the physico-chemical data, and both genera were sensitive indicators of the degree of water pollution, with the higher the degree of pollution, the greater the mortality of individuals and vice versa.

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Acknowledgements

This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41402002); Natural Science Founding of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2020JJ5481) and completed at the Hunan Key Laboratory of Rare Metal Minerals Exploitation and Geological Disposal of Wastes and Key Laboratory of National Defense of Uranium Mining and Metallurgy Biotechnology, University of South China. Thanks to the three anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.

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    Liang Chen, Zheng Huo, Xiafei Zhou, Wei Huang, Shan Liu, Zhenping Tang & Haiyang He

  2. Hunan Key Laboratory of Rare Metal Minerals Exploitation and Geological Disposal of Wastes, 421001, Hengyang, China

    Liang Chen & Zhenping Tang

  3. Key Laboratory of National Defense of Uranium Mining and Metallurgy Biotechnology, University of South China, 421001, Hengyang, China

    Liang Chen & Zhenping Tang

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Chen, L., Huo, Z., Zhou, X. et al. Evaluation of ecotoxicity of uranium smelting area receiving effluent using ostracods. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 3427–3437 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08404-z

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