US EPA

2180339 

Journal Article 

Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide residues in adipose, liver, and brain samples from Iowa mink 

Franson, JC; Dahm, PA; Wing, LD 

1974 

Yes 

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
ISSN: 0007-4861
EISSN: 1432-0800 

11 

4 

379-385 

English 

4139987 

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PESTAB Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide residues were quantified in the adipose, liver, and brain tissues of 35 wild Iowa mink. Total DDT residues in the adipose tissue ranged from 0. 27 to 9. 51 ppm, and dieldrin residues ranged from 0. 02 to 4. 90 ppm. Low levels of heptachlor epoxide and beta-BHC were found in some samples. No lindane was detected in the adipose tissue. Although the total DDT levels in the brain and liver were lower than in the adipose tissue, the levels correlated with those in the adipose samples. Dieldrin residues ranged up to 0. 04 ppm in the brain and up to 0. 07 ppm in the liver. Lindane and beta-BHC were detected in the brain at levels up to 0. 04 and 0. 08 ppm, respectively; no heptachlor epoxide was detected in either tissue type. The mean DDT and dieldrin residues did not differ significantly according to the age or sex of the animal. 

Insecticides; Pesticide Residues; Heptachlor Epoxide; 1024-57-3; Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene; 4M7FS82U08; Hexachlorocyclohexane; 59NEE7PCAB; CIW5S16655; Dieldrin; I0246D2ZS0; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane; V14159DF29; Index Medicus; Dieldrin -- analysis; Hexachlorocyclohexane -- analysis; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane -- analysis; Heptachlor Epoxide -- analysis; Chromatography, Gas; Chromatography, Thin Layer; DDT -- analysis; Animals; Analysis of Variance; Sex Factors; Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene -- analysis; Liver -- chemistry; Insecticides -- analysis; Mink -- metabolism; Pesticide Residues -- analysis; Brain Chemistry; Adipose Tissue -- chemistry