Abstract:
Acute lethality and genotoxic effects of olive oil mill wastewater (OOMW) were studied. OOMW showed lethality on amphibian tadpoles of Rana ridibunda and Bufo viridis. The LC50 values were found to be 2.59% and 2.12% for R. ridibunda and B. viridis, respectively. OOMW had also genotoxic effect on Drosophila melanogaster. Treatment of OOMW (1:9 v/v OOMW:dH2O) with Funalia trogii, reduced the phenol, COD and color contents of this waste and decreased the toxicity in tadpoles.