Genotoxicity of Chlorpyrifos to Earthworms by Different Modes of Contamination into Soil

Starting with the absorption and accumulation of chlorpyrifos in earthworms under 2 distinct soil contamination conditions, exposure experiments were conducted to assess the genotoxicity of chlorpyrifos to earthworms. The results showed that earthworms were able to absorb and accumulate chlorpyrifos from 2 contamination modes into the soil, and that chlorpyrifos accumulated in earthworms caused chromosome and DNA damage in the coelom cells of earthworms. Genotoxicity of chlorpyrifos to earthworms aggravates with increasing exposure time and exposure concentration of chlorpyrifos. Earthworms are more prone to uptake and accumulation of chlorpyrifos entering the soil by the multiple-time contamination mode than by the one-time contamination mode, thus showing stronger genotoxicity.