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dc.contributor.authorHoeger, Stefan J.
dc.contributor.authorShaw, Glen
dc.contributor.authorHitzfeld, Bettina C.
dc.contributor.authorDietrich, Daniel R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:10:36Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:10:36Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.modified2007-10-23T07:49:00Z
dc.identifier.issn00410101
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.02.019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/15447
dc.description.abstractIn Australian freshwaters, Anabaena circinalis, Microcystis spp. and Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii are the dominant toxic cyanobacteria. Many of these surface waters are used as drinking water resources. Therefore, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia set a guideline for MC-LR toxicity equivalents of 1.3 μg/l drinking water. However, due to lack of adequate data, no guideline values for paralytic shellfish poisons (PSPs) (e.g. saxitoxins) or cylindrospermopsin (CYN) have been set. In this spot check, the concentration of microcystins (MCs), PSPs and CYN were determined by ADDA-ELISA, cPPA, HPLC-DAD and/or HPLC–MS/MS, respectively, in two water treatment plants in Queensland/Australia and compared to phytoplankton data collected by Queensland Health, Brisbane. Depending on the predominant cyanobacterial species in a bloom, concentrations of up to 8.0, 17.0 and 1.3 μg/l were found for MCs, PSPs and CYN, respectively. However, only traces (<1.0 μg/l) of these toxins were detected in final water (final product of the drinking water treatment plant) and tap water (household sample). Despite the low concentrations of toxins detected in drinking water, a further reduction of cyanobacterial toxins is recommended to guarantee public safety.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier Science
dc.publisher.placeAmsterdam
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom639
dc.relation.ispartofpageto649
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalToxicon
dc.relation.ispartofvolume43
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1115
dc.titleOccurrence and elimination of cyanobacterial toxins in two Australian drinking water treatment plants.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2004
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorShaw, Glendon R.


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