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| B C HitzfeldSummaryAffiliation: University of Konstanz Country: Germany Publications
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Cyanobacterial toxins: removal during drinking water treatment, and human risk assessmentB C Hitzfeld
Environmental Toxicology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Environ Health Perspect 108:113-22. 2000..In order to perform an adequate human risk assessment of microcystin exposure via drinking water, the issue of water treatment byproducts will have to be addressed in the future...
Airborne particulate matter modulates the production of reactive oxygen species in human polymorphonuclear granulocytesB Hitzfeld
Dept of Experimental Dermatology, University of Hamburg, Germany
Toxicology 120:185-95. 1997..SOZ-induced LCL is inhibited by both types of extracts, but aqueous extracts have a stronger inhibitory effect. It is at present unclear which substances are responsible for these effects...
Toxin production in cyanobacterial mats from ponds on the McMurdo ice shelf, AntarcticaB C Hitzfeld
Environmental Toxicology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
Toxicon 38:1731-48. 2000..Toxic strains of cyanobacteria can therefore also be found in Antarctica and this finding may lead to further insight into potential ecological roles of cyanobacterial phosphatase inhibiting toxins...
Presence of Planktothrix sp. and cyanobacterial toxins in Lake Ammersee, Germany and their impact on whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.)B Ernst
University of Konstanz, P O Box X918, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
Environ Toxicol 16:483-8. 2001..Whitefish eggs and larvae, obtained during blooms in winter 1998 and 2000 in a Lake Ammersee hatchery, were studied for developmental progress. Malformations typical for cyanobacterial toxin exposure were observed...
