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In this study, eight environmental pollutants were selected to act on the tested organism, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, including herbicides (diuron, atrazine), fungicides (fuberidazole), organic chemical raw materials (phenanthrene, phenol, p-benzoquinone), disinfectants (trichloroacetonitrile uric acid), and disinfection by-products (trichloroacetonitrile). The results showed that, in addition to specific PSII inhibitors (diuretic and atrazine), other types of pollutants could also quickly affect the photosynthetic system. The photosynthetic fluorescence parameters (Fv\/Fm, Yield, \u03b1, and rP) could be used to detect the effects of pollutants on the photosynthetic system. Although the decay rate of the photosynthetic fluorescence parameters corresponding to the different pollutants was different, 1 h could be used as an appropriate toxicity exposure time. Moreover, the lowest respondent concentrations of photosynthetic fluorescence parameters to diuron, atrazine, fuberidazole, phenanthrene, P-benzoquinone, phenol, trichloroacetonitrile uric acid, and trichloroacetonitrile were 2 \u03bcg\u00b7L\u22121, 5 \u03bcg\u00b7L\u22121, 0.05 mg\u00b7L\u22121, 2 \u03bcg\u00b7L\u22121, 1.0 mg\u00b7L\u22121, 0.4 g\u00b7L\u22121, 0.1 mg\u00b7L\u22121, and 2.0 mg\u00b7L\u22121, respectively. Finally, diuron, atrazine, fuberidazole, and phenanthrene were selected for a comparison of their photosynthetic inhibition and growth inhibition. The results suggested that photosynthetic inhibition could overcome the time dependence of growth inhibition and shorten the toxic exposure time from more than 24 h to less than 1 h, or even a few minutes, while, the sensitivity of the toxicity test was not weakened. 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