Journal or Publishing Institution: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Study: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01691783
Author(s): Servizi, J.A., Gordon, R.W. and Martens, D.W.
Article Type: Peer Reviewed Study
Record ID: 2345
Text: The herbicides Garlon 4 (butoxyethyl ester of triclopyr; 3, 5, 6-trichloro-2-pyridinyloxyacetic acid) and Roundup (glyphosate; isopropylamine salt) have been used primarily in agriculture. The Canadian Forest Service (Forest Pest Management Institute, Sault St. Marie, Canada) and the British Columbia Ministry of Forests (Victoria, Canada) have been evaluating these herbicides for control of deciduous trees and bushes in areas to be reforested with marketable conifers. There was a shortage of published data concerning the acute lethality of Garlon 4 to aquatic life while published values for acute lethality of Roundup to rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) varied by a factor of about 30. To broaden the data base for these two herbicides to include species and water qualities typical of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.), measurements of acute lethality were made at the Cultus Lake Salmon Research laboratory, Cultus Lake, B.C. using moderately buffered water, and at the North Vancouver laboratory of the Environmental Protection Service (EPS) using a weakly buffered water…
Keywords: Toxicity, Waste Water, Water Management, Water Pollution, Acute Toxicity
Citation: Servizi, J.A., Gordon, R.W. and Martens, D.W., 1987. Acute toxicity of Garlon 4 and Roundup herbicides to salmon, Daphnia, and trout. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 39(1), pp.15-22.
