Toxicity of Toluene to Several Freshwater Species
Date
1986-12Author
Brooke, Larry T.
Call, Daniel J.
Poirier, Steven H.
Harting, Sandra L.
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Toluene is methylated benzene and obtained mainly from tar oil. It has many common uses as a solvent and in the manufacture of benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, explosives, dyes and many other organic compounds. Toluene behaves as a narcotic in high concentrations in organisms.
Acute exposures were made with a coelenterate (Hydra sp.), an annelid.(Lum briculus variegatus), an amphipod (Gammarus pseudolinmaeus) and rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Tests with invertebrate organisms were repe(lted. AJ,l tests
ere flow-through tests of 96 h duration in which exposure concentrations were measµred.
Subject
toxicity
freshwater
toluene
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/82312Type
Technical Report