Abstract
The fate of 14C-pentachlorophenol (PCP) was evaluated in three model ecosystems: aquatic, terrestrial-aquatic, and terrestrial. The principal degradative products appeared to be tetrachlorohydroquinone, pentachlorophenyl acetate, and conjugates. In the terrestrial-aquatic model ecosystem, the bioaccumulation factors for PCP were: alga 5, daphnia 205, snail 21, mosquito 26, and fish 132. The parent PCP constituted 11.1% of the total 14C in alga, 12.2% in snail, 33.3% in mosquito, 55.5% in daphnia, and 51.2% in fish. Tetrachlorohydroquinone constituted 5.4% of the total extractable 14C in alga and 10.5% in snail. None was detected in other organisms.
In the terrestrial model ecosystem, the vole at the top of the food chain contained 0.5% of the total dosage applied to the corn-soil interface, and 6.4% of this was intact PCP.
Similar model ecosystem experiments with 14C-hexachlorobenzene showed that this compound is slowly converted to PCP.
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Lu, PY., Metcalf, R.L., Cole, L.K. (1978). The Environmental Fate of 14C-Pentachlorophenol in Laboratory Model Ecosystems. In: Rao, K.R. (eds) Pentachlorophenol. Environmental Science Research, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8948-8_6
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