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Main Title Acute and chronic parathion toxicity to fish and invertebrates /
Author Spacie, Anne. ; Vilkas, Algirdas G. ; Doebbler, Gerald F. ; Kuc, William J. ; Iwan, Gerald R.
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Vilkas, Algirdas G.
Doebbler, Gerald F.
Kuc, William J.
Iwan Gerald R.
CORP Author Union Carbide Corp., Tarrytown, NY. Environmental Services.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Monitoring.
Publisher Office of Research and Monitoring, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA/600/3-81/047; EPA-68-01-0155
Stock Number PB81-245862
Subjects Aquatic animals--Effect of water pollution on ; Parathion--Toxicology ; Pesticide residues in food--Toxicology
Additional Subjects Toxicology ; Pesticides ; Bioassay ; Insecticides ; Phosphorothioic acid/0-0(dimethyl-ester)-0-(nitrophenyl-ester) ; Fishes ; Invertebrates ; Water pollution ; Hazardous materials ; Lethal dosage ; Concentration(Composition) ; Exposure ; Tissues(Biology) ; Parathion ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Toxic substances
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NTIS  PB81-245862 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 80 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
Acute and chronic aquatic bioassays were conducted with a variety of organisms using parathion (0,0-diethyl 0-(p-nitrophenyl) phosphorothioate) as the challenge compound. Acute LC50 values ranged from a low of 0.38 micrograms/l in invertebrates to a high of 2.0 mg/l in freshwater fish. Non-lethal effects were documented in bluegill and brook trout chronically exposed to parathion concentrations in excess of 0.17 micrograms/l and 32.0 micrograms/l respectively. Chronic exposure of fathead minnows to concentrations of 4 micrograms/l resulted in deformation and reproductive impairment. Bioconcentration of parathion in freshwater fish tissue ranged from five to several hundred times that of the exposure water. Chronic no effect concentration of parathion for D. magna was 0.08 micrograms/l, for G. fasciatus less than 0.04 micrograms/l and for C. tentans less than 3.1 micrograms/l.
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