[HTML][HTML] Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: Exposure and effects on wildlife

SJ Wallace, SR De Solla, JA Head, PV Hodson… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) are ubiquitous in the environment. Wildlife
(including fish) are chronically exposed to PACs through air, water, sediment, soil, and/or …

Recommendations for advancing media preparation methods used to assess aquatic hazards of oils and spill response agents

T Parkerton, M Boufadel, T Nordtug, C Mitchelmore… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
Laboratory preparation of aqueous test media is a critical step in developing toxicity
information needed for oil spill response decision-making. Multiple methods have been …

Cold Lake Blend diluted bitumen toxicity to the early development of Japanese medaka

BN Madison, PV Hodson, VS Langlois - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Diluted bitumen (dilbit) from Alberta oil sands (Canada) is transported across major
continental watersheds, yet little is known about its toxicity to fish if spilled into aquatic …

Phenotypic and transcriptomic consequences in zebrafish early-life stages following exposure to crude oil and chemical dispersant at sublethal concentrations

X Li, D Xiong, Z Ju, Y Xiong, G Ding, G Liao - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
To further understand the underlying mechanisms involved in the developmental toxicity of
crude oil and chemically dispersed crude oil on fish early-life stages (ELS), zebrafish (Danio …

Impacts of Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil on Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) Heart Cell Function

RM Heuer, GLJ Galli, HA Shiels, LA Fieber… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Deepwater Horizon crude oil is comprised of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons that cause a
number of cardiotoxic effects in marine fishes across all levels of biological organization and …

Toxicity of Cold Lake Blend and Western Canadian Select dilbits to standard aquatic test species

MG Barron, RN Conmy, EL Holder, P Meyer, GJ Wilson… - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Dilbits are blends of bitumen and natural gas condensates or crude oils with only limited
toxicity data. Two dilbits, Cold Lake Blend and Western Canadian Select, were tested as …

An embryonic field of study: the aquatic fate and toxicity of diluted bitumen

F Alsaadi, PV Hodson, VS Langlois - Bulletin of environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Canada has experienced a significant increase in the transport of diluted bitumen (dilbit), a
predominant oil sands product that combines bitumen with diluents derived from oil–gas …

Simulating diluted bitumen spills in boreal lake limnocorrals-Part 1: Experimental design and responses of hydrocarbons, metals, and water quality parameters

JL Rodriguez-Gil, S Stoyanovich, ML Hanson… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-scale, in-lake enclosures (limnocorrals) were used to simulate spills of diluted
bitumen (dilbit) in a boreal lake. In this study we use these simulated spills, which covered a …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological and molecular effects of two diluted bitumens on developing fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

FM Alsaadi, BN Madison, RS Brown, PV Hodson… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2018 - Elsevier
Canada has experienced a significant increase in the transport of diluted bitumen (dilbit), a
predominant oil sands product that combines bitumen with diluents derived from oil-gas …

[HTML][HTML] Fate of diluted bitumen spilled in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada

SC Johannessen, CW Greer, CG Hannah, TL King… - Marine pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is public concern about the behaviour of spilled diluted bitumen (dilbit) in marine and
estuarine waters. We provide a preliminary assessment of the results of laboratory …