Evaluation of critical body residue QSARs for predicting organic chemical toxicity to aquatic organisms.

The critical body residue (CBR) is the concentration of chemical bioaccumulated in an aquatic organism that corresponds to a defined measure of toxicity (e.g., mortality). The CBR can provide an alternative measure of toxicity to traditional waterborne concentration measurements (e.g., concentration in water causing 50% mortality). The CBR has been suggested as a better estimator of dose than the external water concentration and has been postulated to be constant for chemicals with the same mode of action. CBR QSARs have both theoretical and experimental support, developed primarily from studies on the acute toxicity of narcotic chemicals to small fish. CBR QSARs are less well developed for the aquatic toxicity of non-narcotic chemicals. CBRs vary substantially with the mode of action and toxicity endpoint, and may be affected by genetic, hormonal or environmental variation. CBR QSARs may not be applicable to very hydrophobic chemicals, chemicals with specific modes of action, or those with toxicity controlled by kinetic processes such as biotransformation. CBRs models have not been developed or evaluated for sediment and dietary exposure routes. Application of CBR QSARs to contaminated site assessments will require further research and development.

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