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Table 3 Toxicity values for CPY in aquatic organisms

From: Evaluation of evidence that the organophosphorus insecticide chlorpyrifos is a potential persistent organic pollutant (POP) or persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT)

Taxon

5th centile (μg/L)

95% CI (μg/L)

Comments

Crustaceans

0.034

0.022 to 0.051

Based on 23 species with a range of 0.035 to 457 μg CPY/L

Insects

0.087

0.057 to 0.133

Based on 17 species with a range of 0.05 to >300 μg CPY/L

Fish

0.812

0.507 to 1.298

Based on 25 species with a range of 0.53 to >806 μg CPY/L

Amphibians

Too few species for a SSD, range was 19 to a questionable value of 5,174 μg CPY/L for three species

Plants

Too few species for a SSD, range was 138 to 2,000 μg CPY/L