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Flow-through, 96-hr bioassays were conducted to determine the acute toxicity of technical BHC and lindane to several estuarine animals. Test animals and their respective 96-hr lindane LC50 values were: mysid(Mysidopsis bahia), 6.3 µg/L; pink shrimp(Penaeus duorarum), 0.17 µg/L; grass shrimp(Palaemonetes pugio), 4.4 µg/L; sheepshead minnow(Cyprinodon variegatus), 104 µg/L; and pinfish(Lagodon rhomboides), 30.6 µg/L. The 96-hr LC50 values for pink shrimp and pinfish exposed to BHC were 0.34 and 86.4 µg/L, respectively.
Two BHC bioconcentration studies were conducted with the oyster,Crassostrea virginica, and pinfish. After 28 days exposure, oysters bioconcentrated an average of 218 X the BHC measured in exposure water, while pinfish bioconcentrated 130 X in their edible tissues and 617 X in offal. After one week in BHC-free sea water, no detectable residues were measured in oysters or pinfish.
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Schimmel, S.C., Patrick, J.M. & Forester, J. Toxicity and bioconcentration of BHC and lindane in selected estuarine animals. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 6, 355–363 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02097776
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