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Human and ecotoxicological impacts assessment from the Mexican oil industry in the Coatzacoalcos region, as revealed by the USEtox model.
Morales-Mora, M A; Rodríguez-Pérez, B; Martínez-Delgadillo, S A; Rosa-Domínguez, E; Nolasco-Hipólito, C.
Afiliação
  • Morales-Mora MA; Subgerencia de Protección Ambiental, PEMEX-Petroquímica, Jacarandas 100, Colonia Rancho Alegre, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, 96558, México, miguel.angel.moralesmo@pemex.com.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int ; 21(16): 9819-31, 2014.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24845647
Human and ecotoxicological impacts were analyzed in the lower basin of the Coatzacoalcos River (Veracruz, State in Mexico). High pollution levels of contaminants from the oil industry have been reported in natural streams and the Coatzacoalcos River and in their sediments. USEtox model was employed to evaluate environmental fate, exposure, and effect of nine organic compounds (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and one of which was in the group of polychlorinated biphenyls), a heavy metal (lead), and the effect of the industrial wastewater emitted into the river, on the Coatzacoalcos region. Most of these compounds are highly toxic; they bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue, mainly in the fatty tissues and can damage different organs and systemic targets such as the liver, kidney, hormonal system, nervous system, etc., of both humans and wildlife. The model estimates that 96% (3,247 kg/day) of organic compounds is transferred from the water into air, whereas only 4% (151 kg/day) remains in the water. In addition, it predicts that humans are mainly exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) congeners (28 and 153) by eating contaminated fish, due to PCBs accumulating in the fish fat tissue. The number of cases of cancer and noncancer (1 in 862 habitants per additional kilogram) is expected to have an increment due to the higher PCBs exposure of human population. Genetic damages in fishes, earthworms, and toads have been observed and related to higher exposure to organic compounds. The relationship between the field reported data and those one predicted by the USEtox model have been confirmed empirically by using the nonparametric correlation analysis (Spearman's rho). Based on the USEtox model, the environmental stress in the Coatzacoalcos industrial zone is between 2 and 6 orders of magnitude over geometric mean of acute aquatic EC50s. We think that USEtox model can be used to expand the number of substances that have the current water quality guidelines to improve the water management in Mexico.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Petróleo / Indústrias Extrativas e de Processamento / Ecotoxicologia / Avaliação do Impacto na Saúde / Modelos Biológicos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Humans País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Assunto da revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL / TOXICOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Alemanha

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Petróleo / Indústrias Extrativas e de Processamento / Ecotoxicologia / Avaliação do Impacto na Saúde / Modelos Biológicos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Humans País/Região como assunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Assunto da revista: SAUDE AMBIENTAL / TOXICOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Alemanha