Toxic equivalency factors for halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons determined from embryotoxicity data with Japanese medaka
- Trent Univ., Peterborough, Ontario (Canada). Environmental and Resource Studies Program
Toxic Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for non-ortho substituted PCBs and chlorinated diphenyl ethers have been developed from embryotoxicity data with the Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). The medaka TEF for non-ortho PCB congener 126 (0.1) approximates the TEF determined from mammalian experimental models, but the medaka TEFs for other non-ortho PCBs differ from mammalian TEFS. The toxicity of an extract from Lake Ontario rainbow trout to medaka embryos could not be predicted from the Toxic Equivalent Quantities (TEQs) of non-ortho PCBs, 2,3,7,8-TCDD and 2,3,7,8-TCDF in the extract. Embryotoxicity data with subtractions of the trout extract indicated that the ``non-toxic`` PCBs in complex mixtures may modify the toxicity of the non-ortho congeners. Data on the embryotoxicity of chlorinated diphenyl ethers (CDPEs) to medaka indicate that mono-ortho substituted CDPEs are more toxic than non-ortho substituted CDPEs. A fraction of extract prepared from Lake Ontario lake trout which was enriched with CDPEs was embryotoxic to medaka, which indicates that CDPEs may contribute significantly to the toxic burden of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in the eggs of wild fish.
- OSTI ID:
- 203625
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137--; ISBN 1-880611-03-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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