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TABLE 14.1
Oral Acute Toxicity (LD 50 , μg/g of Body Weight) of Some Selected Pesticides in Birds
(Usually Chicken, Mallard duck, or Quail) and Mammals (Rat)

Common Name CAS Registry Number LD 50 Birds LD 50 Mammals

Aldicarb 116-06-3 0.5 2

Aldrin 309-00-2 42.1 39

Brodifacoum 56073-10-0 2 0.16

Bromadiolone 28772-56-7 1,600 0.49

Carbofuran 1563-66-2 3.16 5

Chlordane 57-74-9 1,200 200

Chlorophacinone 3691-35-8 100 2.1

Chlorpyrifos 2921-88-2 13.3 82

Coumaphos 56-72-4 13.3 13

p,pʹ-DDD 72-54-8 2,000 113

p,pʹ-DDE 72-55-9 — 880

p,pʹ-DDT 50-29-3 595 87

Diazinon 333-41-5 4.21 66

Dichlorvos 62-73-7 22.01 17

Dicofol 115-32-2 4,365 575

Dieldrin 60-57-1 10.78 38.3

Difenacoum 56073-07-5 50 0.68

Difethialone 104653-34-1 0.87 0.55

Endosulfan 115-29-7 33 18

Famphur 52-85-7 1.8 28

Fenthion 55-38-9 11 180

Flocoumafen 90035-08-8 300 0.25

Fonofos 944-22-9 12 3

Glyphosate 1071-83-6 4,640 4,873

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) 118-74-1 6,400 10,000

α-Hexachlorocyclohexane 319-84-6 — 177

β-Hexachlorocyclohexane 319-85-7 — 6,000

γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane
(Lindane)

58-89-9 2,000 76

Malathion 121-75-5 1,485 290

Methomyl 16752-77-5 23.7 14.7

Mirex 2385-85-5 2,400 235

Monocrotophos 6923-22-4 4 8

Monosodium
methanearsonate (MSMA)

2163-80-6 — 700

Paraquat 4685-14-7 262 100

Pentachlorophenol (PCP) 87-86-5 380 27

Permethrin 52645-53-1 13,500 383

Strychnine 57-24-9 23 2.35

Toxaphene 8001-35-2 31 50

Warfarin 81-81-2 942 1.6

Zinc phosphide 1314-84-7 13.5 12

The CAS registry numbers are also provided for unequivocal identification. Data were compiled from
the ChemIDplus Advanced of the United States National Library of Medicine ( http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.
gov/chemidplus ) ; Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. 1999. Canadian tissue residue
guidelines for the protection of wildlife consumers of aquatic biota: DDT (total). In: Canadian
Environmental Quality Guidelines . Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment: Winnipeg; and
Martínez-Haro, M., Mateo, R., Guitart, R., Soler-Rodríguez, F., Pérez-López, M., Maria-Mojica, P., and
García-Fernández, A. J. 2008. Relationship of the toxicity of pesticide formulations and their commercial
restrictions with the frequency of animal poisonings. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safe. 69: 396-402.