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It is postulated that a biological endpoint measured under equilibrium or semi-equilibrium conditions will be less sensitive to lipophilicity than one further removed from equilibrium. Data for the toxicity and biodegradabilityof a group of chlorophenols with reference to a pure microbial culture are provided in support of this hypothesis, as are other toxicity data obtained from the literature.
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Banerjee, S. (1987). Interrelationship Between Biodegradability, Toxicity and Structure of Chlorophenols. In: Kaiser, K.L.E. (eds) QSAR in Environmental Toxicology - II. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3937-0_2
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