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Ecotoxicological characterisation of exhaust particulates from diesel-powered light-duty vehicles

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Diesel exhaust is one of the major sources of fine and ultrafine particulate matter in urban air. Toxicity of diesel-powered engine emissions has been quite widely assessed, however, much less information is available on their ecotoxicity. In our study the kinetic version of the Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition bioassay, based on the ISO 21338:2010 standard, was used to characterise the ecotoxicity of diesel-powered cars. The method is sensitive enough to test the ecotoxic effect of the emission of individual vehicles. In general, significant positive correlation was found between ecotoxicity (expressed as Toxic Unit /TU/values) and total carbon (TC) as well as between TU and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations.

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  1. Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Pannonia, H-8200, Veszprém, Hungary

    András Ács, Árpád Ferincz, Anikó Kovács, Beatrix Jancsek-Turóczi, András Gelencsér, Gyula Kiss & Nora Kováts

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Ács, A., Ferincz, Á., Kovács, A. et al. Ecotoxicological characterisation of exhaust particulates from diesel-powered light-duty vehicles. cent.eur.j.chem. 11, 1954–1958 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11532-013-0326-0

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