Fate and impact of iodinated contrast media in exposed aquatic organisms - a metallomic approach
Résumé
Iodinated contrast media (ICM) used in X-ray imaging for diagnosis purpose are released into waste water and then encountered in natural water at usually several dozen of μg.L-1 and sometimes up to hundred μg.L-1. ICM are considered as emerging pollutants as the knowledge about their occurrence and impact on ecosystems and environment is extremely limited. Even so they are synthesized in order to be not toxic for human, aquatic organisms are continuously exposed and therefore their potential deleterious effect is questioned