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Carbaryl, Carbofuran, and Methomyl - National Marine Fisheries ...

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730 μg/L for D. magna (freshwater organism), 200-210 μg/L for M. bahia (estuarine organism)<br />

<strong>and</strong> 2,100 μg/L for C. virginica (estuarine organism).<br />

During our open literature review, we located a study that compared acute lethalities between<br />

carbaryl <strong>and</strong> 1-naphthol in two species of fish (Shea <strong>and</strong> Berry 1983). In goldfish (Carassius<br />

auratus) <strong>and</strong> killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus), 1-naphtol was significantly more toxic than<br />

carbaryl based on 10 d acute lethality tests (Shea <strong>and</strong> Berry 1983). The degradate 1-naphthol<br />

was approximately five times more toxic than carbaryl in goldfish, <strong>and</strong> in killifish twice as toxic<br />

as carbaryl (Shea <strong>and</strong> Berry 1983). Additionally, fish exposed to 1-naphthol showed<br />

neurological trauma including pronounced erratic swimming behaviors <strong>and</strong> increased opercula<br />

beats following exposure to 5 <strong>and</strong> 10 mg/L after 4 <strong>and</strong> 24 h exposures, respectively. None of<br />

these symptoms were observed in the carbaryl treatments (Shea <strong>and</strong> Berry 1983).<br />

Other degradates identified in fate studies submitted to EPA included 5-hydroxy-1napthylmethylcarbamate<br />

(aerobic soil metabolism <strong>and</strong> anaerobic aquatic); 1-naphthyl<br />

(hydroxymethyl) carbamate (aerobic soil metabolism <strong>and</strong> anaerobic aquatic); 1,4napththoquinones<br />

(degradates of 1-napthol); 4-hydroxy-1-napthyl methylcarbamate (anaerobic<br />

aquatic); 1,5-naphthalenediol (anaerobic aquatic); <strong>and</strong> 1,4-naphthalenediol (anaerobic aquatic).<br />

No toxicity information was presented for these degradates.<br />

The carbofuran BE (EPA 2005) describes three degradates: 3-hydroxycarbofuran, 3ketocarbofuran,<br />

<strong>and</strong> carbofuran 7-phenol in the toxicity section, <strong>and</strong> refers to two additional<br />

degradates: 3-hydroxy-7-phenol, <strong>and</strong> 3-keto-7-phenol in the section on environmental fate <strong>and</strong><br />

transport. No toxicity data are included, <strong>and</strong> the document noted that “inclusion of<br />

environmental transformation products in the risk analysis of carbofuran would not be expected<br />

to result in substantive changes to conclusions drawn using the parent alone (pg 30)” (EPA<br />

2005).<br />

Based on the more detailed fate information in the Science Chapter for the <strong>Carbofuran</strong> RED<br />

(EPA 2005), carbofuran 7-phenol is a hydrolysis product (up to 75% of applied). <strong>Carbofuran</strong> 7phenol<br />

is expected to be less toxic than parent carbofuran, as the toxic moiety (the carbamylating<br />

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