Lanthanum and Cerium Toxicity to the Freshwater Green Alga Chlorella fusca: Applicability of the Biotic Ligand Model

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Imad AharchaouClaude Fortin

Abstract

The environmental risk assessment of rare earth elements (REEs) requires data on their potential toxicity. In the present study, the toxicity of lanthanum (La) and cerium (Ce) was studied in relation to metal speciation in solution. For both La and Ce, the use of organic ligands demonstrated that the calculated free ion concentration was a good indicator of toxicity. Whether in the absence or presence of organic ligands, when based on free ion concentrations, the obtained half-maximal effective concentrations were similar. When all generated data were pooled, Ce and La showed identical toxicity thresholds after 120 h of exposure with free ion concentration-based median effective concentration values (95% confidence intervals) of 0.48 (0.38-0.60) µM and 0.47 (0.36-0.61) µM for La3+ and Ce3+ , respectively. The inhibition of algal growth was also correlated with the intracellular lanthanide concentrations, regardless of the ligand used. Finally, increasing the ambient calcium concentration protected the test algae by reducing the amount of lanthanide internalized into the cells. These results suggest that, at constant pH (5.5), REE accumulation and toxicity are linked to the free ion concentration and ambient calcium concentratio...Continue Reading

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