生物毒性检测在水质安全评价中的应用

Toxicity Tests and Their Application in Safety Assessment of Water Quality

水质安全不仅关乎生态系统的健康,更关乎人类的生存与发展.借助水质标准浓度限值的传统方法评价水质安全存在一定不足,生物毒性测试能直观反映水体中所有共存污染物的综合毒性特征,已逐渐发展成为水质安全评价的重要补充.在大量文献资料调研、整理的基础上,首先从污染物的生物效应出发,总结了常用的致死毒性、遗传毒性、内分泌干扰性等效应的生物毒性测试方法;其次,讨论了水质毒性评价中常用的生物毒性测试方法和相应的毒性评价指标;最后,归纳总结了基于生物毒性测试的水质安全评价方法,包括潜在毒性法、毒性单位分级评价法、潜在生态毒性效应指数法、基于成组生物毒性测试的水质安全评价等,并讨论了各种方法的优缺点.本文既系统梳理了毒性测试在水质安全评价领域的研究进展,也为该领域后续的发展奠定了基础.

The safety of water quality has important impacts not only on the health of ecological system, but also on the survival and development of human beings. The conventional assessment methods for water quality based on the concentration limits are not reliable. The toxicity tests can vividly reflect the whole adverse biological effects of multiple chemicals in water body, which has been regarded as a necessary supplement for conventional water quality assessment methods based on physicochemical parameters. Considering the chemical pollutants usually have various adverse biological effects, the ecotoxicity testing methods, including lethality, genotoxicity, endocrine disrupting effects, were classified according to the different toxicity types. Then, the potential applications of toxicity testing methods and corresponding evaluation indices in evaluating the toxicity characteristics of ambient water samples were discussed. Particularly, the safety assessment methods for water quality based on the toxicity tests, including potential toxicology, toxicity unit classification system, potential ecotoxic effect probe, and safety assessment of water quality based on toxicity test battery, were summarized. This paper not only systematically reviewed the progress of toxicity tests and their application in safety assessment of water quality, but also provided the scientific basis for the further development in the future.