Experimental Data for Establishing the Content of alpha, alpha, beta-Trichloropropionic Acid and its Sodium Salts in Reservoir Water,
Abstract
The toxicity of the widely used herbicides alpha, alpha, beta-trichloropropionic acid and its sodium salt was studied on mice, rats and rabbits. The average LD(50) was found to be 4500-7000 mg/kg. When doses equal to 1/5 and 1/20 LD(50) were given daily for 20 days, not one animal died, but the animals who had received 1/5 LD(50) doses put on weight the slowest, had a decrease in SH-groups in the blood serum, an increase in the weight coefficient for the liver, kidneys and adrenals and an increase in vitamin C contents of the adrenals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA006094
Entities
People
- O. V. Eskina
Organizations
- United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center