The exposure and toxicity of pesticides to amphibians

Subject Reference(s)
Amphibians and pesticides
Skin morphology Andreone et al. (1993).
Bingol-Ozakpinar and
Murathanoglu (2011).
Buron et al. (1988).
Jakubowski (1989).
Sokolov and Sakulina (1994).
Tests of potential for avoidance of pesticide contaminated surfaces, uptake of
pesticide through skin, distribution and elimination of absorbed pesticides.
Mendez et al. (2009).
Water seeking response (uptake of water through ventral abdominal skin) Hoffman, J. (2006).
While several studies were found containing data on the dermal toxicity of pesticides to terrestrial
stages of amphibians, no methods for estimating the dermal exposure were found. Unlike food intake,
the US EPA T-HERPS model does not take account of dermal exposure due to the lack of information
necessary for routine assessment.
2.2.2.2. Dermal exposure studies
Details of the dermal toxicity studies listed above along with others identified from other sources (e.g.
Bruhl et al. 2011) are given below (Table 9).
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