RATL: A Database of Reptile and Amphibian Toxicology Literature

Contaminant a Species
Code b
Lifestage c
Location
Collectio
n Date
Other Residues d
Table 1- Field Residues - 60
Egg e Whole
Body e
Viscera e
Fat e
Muscle e
Liver e
Kidney e Reference k
mirex BUTE adult FL, USA 1972-74 9 mo= 0.09 Wheeler et al. 1977
k
mirex BUTE adult GA, USA 1971-72 found dead 0.02- 0.94
Wojcik et al. 1975 k
mirex CACA egg FL, USA 1976 ND-0.005 Clark and Krynitsky
1980
mirex CHMY juvenile HI, USA < 1994 brain= ND ND ND ND ND Aguirre et al. 1994
mirex CHSE adult ON, CAN 1995 Blood: Range of Means = 0.2-
10.0 ng/g ww (M)
de Solla et al. 1998
mirex CHSE adult ON, CAN 1988-89 0.05±
0.05-
3.95±
1.29 ng/g
ww
Hebert et al. 1993b
mirex CHSE adult NY, USA < 1983 15.0 ppm Olafsson et al. 1983
mirex CHSE adult NY, USA < 1983 87.6 ppm Olafsson et al. 1983
mirex CHSE egg ON, CAN 1986-89 1988-89:
0.5- 143
ng/g ww
Bishop et al. 1991
mirex CHSE egg ON, CAN 1990 Range=
1.4-2.7,
Mean=
1.4 mg/kg
(lipid)
Bishop et al. 1994
mirex CHSE egg ON, CAN 1981-91 0.003-
2.12
Bishop et al. 1996
mirex CHSE egg ON, PQ, 1989-90 Range=
Bonin et al. 1995
CAN; NY,
0.4-133.5
USA
ng/g ww
mirex CHSE egg ON, CAN 1981, 84 mirex were higher in egg from L.
Ontario relative to other sites
Struger et al. 1993
mirex COCP adult LA, USA 1971-72 prespray=
ND; 3
mo=
0.053; 1
yr. Mean=
0.111
Collins et al. 1974
mirex CRAC egg FL, USA 1979 ND-0.02 Hall et al. 1979