A search for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in an environment exposed annually to 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid ester (2,4,5-T) herbicides.
As part of a broad study to determine whether 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-P-dioxin (TCDD) is accumulating in the environment due to approved uses of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) based herbicides, samples of fish, water, mud and human milk were collected from areas in Arkansas and Texas where 2,4,5-T herbicides are used and were analyzed for TCDD. No TCDD was detected by a GC-MS procedure with a detection limit which averaged less than 10 ppt.
D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D000818:Animals; D001131:Arkansas; D002417:Cattle; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008892:Milk / Q000032:analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D013781:Texas
D004147:Dioxins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D012987:Soil; D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid