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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
chemistry
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes and C
60
fullerenes differentially impact the accumulation of weathered pesticides in four agricultural plants
Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 47, No. 21, Year 2013
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The effect of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) or C60 fullerenes on the uptake of weathered chlordane or DDx (DDT + metabolites) by Cucurbita pepo (zucchini), Zea mays (corn), Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), and Glycine max (soybean) was investigated. The plants were grown in 50 g of soil with weathered chlordane (2150 ng/g) and DDx (118 ng/g) that was amended with 0, 500, 1000, or 5000 mg/kg MWCNT or C60. After 28 d, the root and shoot content of chlordane components and DDx was determined by GC-MS. Zucchini and tomato growth were unaffected by carbon nanomaterial coexposure, although C60 at 500 mg/kg reduced corn and soybean biomass by 36.5-45.0%. Total chlordane content ranged from 1490 (tomato) to 4780 (zucchini) ng; DDx amounts ranged from 77.8 (corn) to 395 ng (zucchini). MWCNT coexposure decreased chlordane and DDx accumulation 21-80% across all crops, depending on species and nanotube concentration. Conversely, C60 had species- and contaminant-specific effects on pesticide uptake, ranging from complete suppression of DDx uptake (corn/tomato) to 34.9% increases in chlordane accumulation (tomato/soybean). The data show that pesticide accumulation varies greatly with crop species and carbon nanomaterial type/concentration. These findings have implications for food safety and for the use of engineered nanomaterials in agriculture. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
De La Torre-Roche, Roberto
United States, New Haven
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Hawthorne, Joseph
United States, New Haven
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Deng, Yingqing
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Xing, Baoshan
United States, Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cai, Wenjun
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Newman, Lee A.
United States, Syracuse
Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Wang, Qiang
United States, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Ma, Xingmao
United States, Carbondale
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hamdi, Helmi
Tunisia, Tunis
University of Carthage
White, Jason C.
United States, New Haven
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Statistics
Citations: 199
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1021/es4034809
ISSN:
0013936X
e-ISSN:
15205851
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security