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Document ID (ISN)41466
CIS number 84-420
ISSN - Serial title 0098-4108 - Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
Year 1982
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Miller T.L., Lorusso D.J., Deinzer M.L.
Title The acute toxicity of nonachloropredioxin and 3- and 4-hydroxynonachlorodiphenyl ether in mice
Bibliographic information Oct.-Nov. 1982, Vol.10, Nos.4-5, p.699-707. Illus. 24 ref.
Abstract The acute intraperitoneal LD50 values of hydroxynonachlorodiphenyl ethers (HNDPE), contaminants of technical pentachlorophenol (PCP) wood preservative, were determined in mice and compared with those of PCP and Triclosan, a commonly used bactericide. The acute toxicity decreased in the order 2-hydroxynonachlorodiphenyl ether, PCP, 3-hydroxynonachlorodiphenyl ether, 4-hydroxynonachlorodiphenyl ether, Triclosan. Symptomatology following exposure to HNDPE was similar to that observed for PCP. Technical PCP contains 1-5% of HNDPE which do not contribute significantly to its acute toxicity.
Descriptors (primary) wood preservatives; impurities; toxicology; pentachlorophenol
Descriptors (secondary) 2,3,4,6-tetrachloro-5-pentachlorophenoxyphenol; 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-4-pentachlorophenoxyphenol; lethal dose 50; animal experiments; 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Alcohols
Environmental pollution
Phenols and phenolic compounds