Ecotoxicology:
Bees:Not hazardous to bees; LD
50 >100µg a.i./bee.Birds:Acute oral LD
50 for Japanese quail 8770, mallard ducks >14 mg/kg. Dietary LC
50 (8 d) for bobwhite quail and mallard ducks >10 000 ppm.Daphnia: LC
50 (48 h) >5.6 mg a.i./lFish: LC
50 (96 h) for rainbow trout >4.7, carp >5.1 mg a.i./l.Worms: LC
50 for earthworms >346 ppm.
Environmental fate:
Animals:For metabolism in animals and plants, see R. Y. Yih
et al., J. Agric. Food Chem., 1971,
19, 314-324; J. D. Fisher,
ibid., 1974,
22, 606-608; J. M. Cantier
et al.Soil: DT
50 in soil (25 °C)
c. 30 d. For further metabolism in soil, see refs. given under Animals. Duration of residual activity in soil, following an application rate of 1-4 kg/8 ha, is
c.