Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals - Chapter 12 pptx

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... taking up the contaminantsdirectly from the lagoon water; and therefore, the redistribution of conta-minants to the plants in the area was somewhat limited. The levels of cobalt-60 and sodium-22 ... site [32]. These studies indicated that the onlymajor source of cobalt-56, cobalt-60, manganese-54, sodium-22, and tung-sten-181 near the study site was the waste lagoon. Because the bees wereonly ... differences in the levels of contaminantsin the flowers of the three main forage plants. Therefore, the species of flower the bees had visited probably had little influence on the concentra-tions of radionuclides...

... CAS no.3-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol C5H10O 86 x 1047 3-1 4-0 2-Methyl-1-butanol C5H 12 O 88 x 13 7-3 2-6 3-Methyl-1-butanol C5H 12 O 88 x 12 3-5 1-3 2-Pentanol C5H 12 O 88 x 603 2-2 9-7 2-Methylcyclopentanol ... x 10 0-4 1-4 2-Octene C8H16 112 x 11 1-6 7-1 1-Ethyl-2-methylbenzene C9H 12 120 x 61 1-1 4-3 1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene C9H 12 120 x 52 6-7 3-8 Propylbenzene C9H 12 120 [102] x 10 3-6 5-1 1,1,3-Trimethylcyclohexane ... 6 7-6 4-1 1-Hydroxy-2-propanone C3H6O274 x 11 6-0 9-6 3-Buten-2-one C4H6O 70 x 7 8-9 4-4 2-Butanone C4H8O 72 x 7 8-9 3-3 3-Hydroxy-2-butanone C4H8O288 x 51 3-8 6-0 4,4-Dimethyl-2-oxetanone...

... into one of the following categories:high-, medium-, and low-risk products. Each stage of the procedure leadsto either an assessment of the risk (and therefore classification in one of the risk ... remain,particularly in relation to the reliability of the tests requested and theirfeasibility. The assessment of the effects of plant protection products isbased on the calculation of the Hazard Quotient, ... guidelines. EPA 71 2- C-9 6-1 47. Washington DC, USA.24 US EPA (1996). Honey bee toxicity of residues on foliage test (OPPTS850.3030). Ecological effects test guidelines. EPA 71 2- C-9 6-1 48. WashingtonDC,...