BIOACCUMULATION AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF 3,3',4,4'-TETRACHLOROAZOBENZENE (33'44'-TCAB) TOWARDS AQUATIC ORGANISMS .2. BIOACCUMULATION AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DIETARY 33'44'-TCAB ON THE JAPANESE MEDAKA (ORYZIAS-LATIPES)

Authors
ALLINSON G MORITA M
Citation
G. Allinson et M. Morita, BIOACCUMULATION AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF 3,3',4,4'-TETRACHLOROAZOBENZENE (33'44'-TCAB) TOWARDS AQUATIC ORGANISMS .2. BIOACCUMULATION AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF DIETARY 33'44'-TCAB ON THE JAPANESE MEDAKA (ORYZIAS-LATIPES), Chemosphere, 30(2), 1995, pp. 223-232
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
223 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1995)30:2<223:BATEOE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The polychlorinated aromatic compound 3,3',4,4'-tetrachloroazobenzene (33'44'-TCAB) is a contaminant of 3,4-dichloroaniline (3,4-DCA) based herbicides, and of agricultural soils. In this study, the Japanese Med aka (Oryzias latipes) was exposed 0.5-2500 ppm 33'44-TCAB through its diet. There was a distinct trend towards increased mortality and incre ased body burdens of 33'44'-TCAB with increasing 33'44'-TCAB charge in the food. At the highest levels of exposure, there was a significant number of excess deaths compared to control groups.