THE ACUTE AND CHRONIC TOXICITY OF HEXAHYDRO-1,3,5-TRINITRO-1,3,5-TRIAZINE (RDX) TO THE FATHEAD MINNOW (PIMEPHALES-PROMELAS)

Authors
BURTON DT TURLEY SD PETERS GT
Citation
Dt. Burton et al., THE ACUTE AND CHRONIC TOXICITY OF HEXAHYDRO-1,3,5-TRINITRO-1,3,5-TRIAZINE (RDX) TO THE FATHEAD MINNOW (PIMEPHALES-PROMELAS), Chemosphere, 29(3), 1994, pp. 567-579
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
567 - 579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1994)29:3<567:TAACTO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The acute 96-h LC50 for 15- to-17 day old fathead minnow (Pimephales p romelas) exposed to hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) in a queous solution was 12.7 mg/L at 25-degrees-C. A 28-day early life sta ge (ELS) test with the fathead minnow produced a lowest-observed-effec t concentration (LOEC) and no-observed-effect concentration (NOEC) bas ed on growth (both wet and dry weight) of 2.4 and 1.4 mg/L, respective ly. A review of the literature shows that the chronic toxicity of RDX to fathead minnow is similar when evaluated in ELS, partial life cycle , and complete life cycle tests.