Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin to embryos of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas, Rafinesque)
- Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States). Cook Coll.
This study correlates the 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) residue and its toxicity to the fathead minnow embryo exposed to levels lower than the TCDD solubility range. The TCDD tissue doses in the embryo/larvae were related to gross lesions, delayed hatching, and death. A 7-day bioconcentration factor on a lipid basis (BCF{sub L}) was calculated. Embryos at the blatsula stage were exposed to [{sup 3}H] TCDD water concentrations (0.37, 0.59, 1.2, 2.83, and 10.1 6 ng/L), a nontreatment control and a solvent carrier control. Lesions were qualified as mild and severe based on their onset and their pathogenesis. Thus, mild lesions developed just prior to hatching or post-hatching at the fifth day of development. The severe lesions appeared at the third day of development. Embryos with tissue doses {le}2.46 {+-} 1.34 ng/g consistently developed mild lesions, while embryos with tissue doses {ge} 12.07 {+-} 4.91 ng/g developed severe lesions. The lowest observable adverse effect level was 0.04 {+-} 0.02 ng/g. The calculated 7-day ED{sub 50} was 0.14 ng/g. There was no delayed hatching at any of the concentrations tested. Embryo death occurred at a tissue concentration {ge}2.46 ng/g. The calculated 7-day LD{sub 50} was 25.71 ng/g. The relationship between the concentration of TCDD in the water (x = ng/L) and in the tissue dose (y = ng/g) fitted a linear curve y = {minus}1,143 + 3,792.5x, r{sup 2} = 0.98. The calculated BCF{sub L} (wet weight) was dose dependent. Embryos with tissue doses of 0.04 and 0.16 ng/g had BCF{sub L} of 2,700 and 3,325, respectively. Embryos with tissue doses of 2.46, 12.07, and 37.07 ng/g, had a BCF{sub L} of 104,225, 106,625 and 91,075, respectively.
- OSTI ID:
- 367546
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9640%%292
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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