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autopsy: distended lung; oedematous and pale, patchy liverwith lobulation; pale spleen and kidney; hyperaemia <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>glandular stomach and serosa <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> small intestine; andblood and mucus in <strong>the</strong> gut. No treatmentrelated grosseffects were observed in those animals surviving <strong>the</strong> 14-day observation period.• LC 50 (aerosol) = 523 mg/m 3 (95% CI 435-632) (0.523 mg/L) <strong>for</strong> males;447 mg/m 3 (379-529) (0.447 mg/L) in females;• GLP:Yes;• Test Guideline: Stated con<strong>for</strong>ming to OECD [403?];• Reference source:• Reliability:Pauluhn J (1984) ―Dichlorvos (L15/20, DDVP) study <strong>for</strong>acute inhalation toxicity.‖ Report No. 13124;Lab/Sponsor: Bayer AG Institute <strong>of</strong> Toxicology,Wuppertal-Eberfeld. Report date: 12th December 1984.(Original not sighted.) (APVMA, 2008a);Klimisch score 2 = reliable with restrictions;Justification <strong>for</strong> Classification:Pauluhn J (1984) was stated to have been conductedto GLP and Test Guideline, with <strong>the</strong> APVMA concluding that <strong>the</strong> quality wasadequate to have confidence in <strong>the</strong> LC 50 values. The LC 50 values are in line witho<strong>the</strong>r reports. LC 50 (mist) = 0.447 mg/L is in Category 6.1B (as a mist) as stated inTable 10.1 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> User Guide to <strong>the</strong> Thresholds and Classifications in <strong>the</strong> HSNO Act(ERMA, 2008).BACKGROUND:The APVMA (2006a) reported:―Durham WF, Gaines TB, McCauley RH, Sedlak VA, Mattson AM & Hayes WJJr (1957) Studies on <strong>the</strong> toxicity <strong>of</strong> 0, 0-dimethyl-2,2-dichlorovinyl phosphate(DDVP). Arch Ind Health 15: 340-349.―Weanling Sherman rats (10/sex/group) were maintained <strong>for</strong> two weeks in Peet-Grady chambers that had previously been sprayed once with an emulsioncontaining 2.5% dichlorvos at a rate <strong>of</strong> approximately 100 or 195 mg dichlorvosper square foot (ie. equivalent to 9.29 or 18.12 mg/m 3 ). Air levels <strong>of</strong> dichlorvos in<strong>the</strong> chamber sprayed at <strong>the</strong> lower rate ranged from 6 mg/m 3 at <strong>the</strong> start and 0.1mg/m 3 at <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two-week period. No adverse signs or body weightchanges were observed. Plasma and RBC ChE activities were slightly (

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