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In a study conducted in accordance with U.S.EPA Guideline 165-4 (1989), Bluegill fish (Lepomis macrochirus) was exposed to the test material, Bardac 22 with radiolabelled Didecyldimethylammonium Chloride at concentrations of 0, 59.0 µg/l (actual concentration - 93 ± 32 µg/l). 220 bluegill were tested at each concentration. The test organisms were exposed to the test material in aquaria for 28 days, with an 18 day depuration period. Fish were collected on days 4, 10, 17, 24 and 28 of the exposure and on days 3, 7, 14 and 18 of depuration. Tissues from control fish were sampled on days 0 and 28 of exposure and day 18 of depuration. On day 28 of exposure, an additional five fish were sampled and divided into three tissue portions; edible (fillets), non-edible (head, fins and viscera) and skin. Edible tissues from each of three sets of approximately 10 fish sampled on day 28 were subjected to hexane/methanol tissue extraction, combusted and then counted to quantify that portion of the14C-residue not extractable with either solvent. Five treated fish died during the exposure test and no fish died during depuration. Under the conditions of this study, for edible tissue, the BCF was 38 (predicted 52) and elimination after 14 and 18 Days was 57% and 38%, respectively. For non-edible tissue, the BCF was 140 (predicted 160) and elimination after 14 and 18 Days was 71% and 66%, respectively. For whole-body, the BCF was 81 (predicted 95) and elimination after 14 and 18 Days was 67% and 56%, respectively. In conclusion, skin tissue showed14C-residues 2 to 6 times higher than edible tissue portions. The test substance may bind significantly to skin and scales of exposed fish. Of the accumulated14C-residue in the edible tissue of bluegill exposed 28 days to the test substance, 65.5% was extractable with a polar solvent (methanol), 8.1% was extractable with a nonpolar solvent (hexane) and 25.9% was not extractable with either solvent.

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