Acute Toxicity of Nitroaromatic Compounds

Assessment of the toxicity of nitroaromatic EMs to soil invertebrates has received considerably greater attention compared with cyclic nitramines. The effects of exposure 

Several studies have shown that TNT is rapidly transformed in aerobic soils leading to formation of reduced amino-nitrotoluene metabolites (also see Chapter 2). Presence of these intermediates as well as their common co-occurrence with TNT, DNTs, and TNB in soil of contaminated sites makes it difficult to partition the effects of individual compounds on soil invertebrates. However, establishing toxicity 

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