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ACUTE EXPOSURE OF HEXACHLOROBENZENE TO SELECTED FRESHWATER ORGANISMS
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Brooke, Larry T.
Call, Daniel J.
Poirier, Steven H.
Harting, Sandi L.
McCauley, Dennis J.
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Hexachlorobenzene is a commercially produced chemical of high annual
tonnage production used as a feedstock for many chemical manufacturing processes. It is a chemical
listed by the U.S., Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its 11list of sixty-five11 as a
priority pollutant. Because of this, a numerical water quality criterion is needed as a guideline for the safeguard of the environ ment. The tests reported in this study are needed as a portion of the minimum data set required for derivation of
numerical criteria. The tests are static, acute exposures with the following freshwater organisms: an amphipod ( Gammarus
· pseudolimnaeus), snail (Aplexa hypnorum), leech (Nephelopsis obscura), hydra (Hydra sp.), and a
stonefly (Pteronarcys sp.).