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Semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) were deployed for 4 weeks in two rivers in Lithuania. The SPMD dialysates were tested in the Microtox assay and, surprisingly, the sample from the relatively clean Ūla River exhibited three times more toxicity than the sample from the Vilnia River receiving discharge from several industrial enterprises and municipal wastewater. The whole dialysates were subjected...