A study has been made of the behavior of 2, 4-dichloro
p-nitrobiphenyl ether (2, 4-DCNO
2) and 2, 4, 6-trichloro
p-nitrobiphenly ether (2, 4, 6-TCNO
2) in goldfish.
The absorption and excretion of these compounds by goldfish were investigated. Three concentrations (1, 3, and 5 ppm) were used; it was found that the amount accumulated by the fish increased with time. The concentration factor after exposure for 120h in 1 ppm 2, 4-DCNO
2 was approximately 1, 200, and that in 1 ppm 2, 4, 6-TCNO
2 was 950. The concentrations of 2, 4-DCNO
2 found in the dead fish ranged from 875 to 1, 450 μg/g-body weight and those of 2, 4, 6-TCNO
2 ranged from 1, 900 to 3, 000 μg/g-body weight. The excretion of 2, 4-DCNO
2 absorbed by the fish was relatively fast early in the experiment, but subsequent excretion was very slow. After 240 h in running water about half of the original amount remained in the fish. The excretion of 2, 4, 6-TCNO
2 was extremely slow and after 240 h about 85% of the original amount remained. It was not easy for these chemicals to be metabolized in the fish.
The distribution of these chemicals in the fish was investigated. After exposure to media containing the chemicals in the concentration of 3 ppm, their accumulations in the adipose tissue were characteristic. The 2, 4-DCNO
2 concentration in the adipose tissue reached values of 1, 213.3μg/g at 12 h exposure and 2, 455.0μg/g after 12 h culture in running water. This corresponded to a concentration factor of 818.3 times that of the 2, 4-DCNO
2 medium. The 2, 4, 6-TCNO
2 concentration was 950μg/g at 12 h exposure and 1, 392.9 μg/g after 12 h culture in running water. The concentration factor of 2, 4, 6-TCNO
2 was 464.3 times that of the 2, 4, 6-TCNO
2 medium.
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