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Fipronil References

Fipronil:

  1. Tomlin, C. D. S. The Pesticide Manual, A World Compendium, 14th ed.; British Crop Protection Council: Hampshire, England, 2006; pp 462-464.
  2. New Pesticide Fact Sheet - Fipronil; EPA 737-F-96-005; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC, 1996; pp 1-10.
  3. Ying, G. G.; Kookana, R. S. Sorption of Fipronil and Its Metabolites on Soils From South Australia. J. Environ. Sci. Health 2001, B36 (5), 545-558.
  4. Pesticide Products. Pest-Bank [CD-ROM] 2007.
  5. Cole, L. M.; Nicholson, R. A.; Casida, J. E. Action of Phenylpyrazole Insecticides at the GABA-Gated Chloride Channel. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 1993, 46, 47-54.
  6. Ratra, G. S.; Casida, J. E. GABA receptor subunit composition relative to insecticide potency and selectivity. Toxicol. Lett. 2001, 122, 215-222.
  7. WHO. Pesticide Residues in Food - 1997: Fipronil; International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization: Lyon, 1997.
  8. Hainzl, D.; Cole, L. M.; Casida, J. E. Mechanisms for Selective Toxicity of Fipronil Insecticide and Its Sulfone Metabolite and Desulfinyl Photoproduct. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 1998, 11, 1529-1535.
  9. Ratra, G. S.; Kamita, G. S.; Casida, J. E. Role of Human GABAA Receptor B3 Subunit in Insecticide Toxicity. Toxic. Appl. Pharmacol. 2001, 172, 233-240.
  10. Zhao, X.; Yeh, J. Z.; Salgado, V. L.; Narahashi, T. Sulfone metabolite of fipronil blocks gamma-aminobutyric acid- and glutamate-activated chloride channels in mammalian and insect neurons. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 2005, 314 (1), 363-73.
  11. Hainzl, D.; Casida, J. E. Fipronil insecticide: Novel photochemical desulfinylation with retention of neurotoxicity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 1996, 93, 12764-12767.
  12. Fipronil: Third Reevaluation - Report of the Hazard Identification Assessment Review Committee; HED Doc. No. 014400; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health Effects Division, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2000; pp 1-24.
  13. Dange, M. Acute Oral LD50 in Rats. Unpublished Report No. SA 93074. Submitted to the World Health Organization by Rhone-Poulenc, Inc.: Research Triangle Park, NC, 1994.
  14. Kamijima, M.; Casida, J. E. Regional Modification of [3H] Ethynylbicycloorthobenzoate Binding in Mouse Brain GABAA Receptor by Endosulfan, Fipronil, and Avermectin B1a. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2000, 163, 188-194.
  15. Fung, H. T.; Chan, K. K.; Ching, W. M.; Kam, C. W. A Case of Accidental Ingestion of Ant Bait Containing Fipronil. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 2003, 41 (3), 245-248.
  16. Jennings, K. A.; Keller, R. J.; Doss, R. B. Human Exposure to Fipronil from Dogs Treated with Frontline. Controv. Toxicol. 2002, 44 (5), 301-303.
  17. Mohamed, F.; Senarathna, L.; Percy, A.; Abeyewardene, M.; Eaglesham, G.; Cheng, R.; Azher, S.; Hittarage, A.; Dissanayake, W.; Sheriff, M. H. R.; Davies, W.; Buckley, N. A.; Eddleston, M. Acute Human Self-poisoning with the N-Phenylpyrazole Insecticide Fipronil--a GABAA-Gated Chloride Channel Blocker. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 2004, 42 (7), 955-963.
  18. Chodorowski, Z., M.D., Ph.D.; Anand, J. S., M.D., Ph.D. Accidental Dermal and Inhalation Exposure with Fipronil--A Case Report. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 2004, 42 (2), 189-190.
  19. WHO. Pesticide Residues in Food 2000: Fipronil (addendum); International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 2002.
  20. Fipronil; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on Food. Fed. Regist. August 24, 2005, 70 (163), 49599-49607.
  21. Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, Part III, Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986, Evaluation of Fully Approved or Provisionally Approved Products: Evaluation on Fipronil (Horticultural Uses); No. 212; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Pesticide Safety Directorate: York, England, 2004; pp 1-239.
  22. Birckel, P.; Cochet, P.; Benard, P.; Weil, A. Cutaneous Distribution of 14C-Fipronil in the Dog and in the Cat Following a Spot-On Administration; Third World Congress of Veterinary Dermatology: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1996.
  23. CDC. Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Atlanta, 2005.
  24. Bobe, A.; Meallier, P.; Cooper, J. F.; Coste, C. M. Kinetics and Mechanisms of Abiotic Degradation of Fipronil (Hydrolysis and Photolysis). J. Agric. Food Chem. 1998, 46, 2834-2839.
  25. Ying, G.; Kookana, R. S. Persistence and movement of fipronil termiticide with under-slab and trenching treatments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2006, 25 (8), 2045-2050.
  26. Ngim, K. K.; Crosby, D. G. Abiotic Processes Influencing Fipronil and Desthiofipronil Dissipation in California, USA, Rice Fields. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2000, 20 (5), 972-977.
  27. Fipronil and Degradation Products in the Rice-Producing Areas of the Mermentau River Basin, Louisiana, February- September 2000; USGS Fact Sheet FS-010-0; U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S Geological Survey. http://la.water.usgs.gov/publications/pdfs/FS-010-03.pdf (accessed Oct 2007) updated March 2003.
  28. Food and Drug Administration Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring 1993-2003; U.S Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Silver Springs, MD, 2005.
  29. Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, Calendar Year 2006; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Science and Technology Programs: Washington, DC, 2007.
  30. Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary Reports for Downloading, Viewing, and Printing; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Pesticide Data Program. http://www.ams.usda.gov (accessed June 2008) updated Jan 2008.
  31. Cary, T. L.; Chandler, G. T.; Volz, D. C.; Walse, S. S.; Ferry, J. L. Phenylpyrazole Insecticide Fipronil Induces Male Infertility in the Estuarine Meiobenthic Crustacean Amphiascus tenuiremis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38 (2), 522-528.
  32. Chaton, P. F.; Ravanel, P.; Tissut, M.; Meyran, J. C. Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Fipronil in the Nontarget Arthropodan Fauna Associated with Subalpine Mosquito Breeding Sites. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 2001, 52, 8-12.
  33. Elzen, G. W. Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Insecticide Residues on Orius insidiosus (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and Geocoris punctipes (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 2001, 94, 55-59.
  34. Balanca, G.; de Visscher, M.-N. Impacts on Nontarget Insects of a New Insecticide Compound used Against the Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal 1775)). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 1997, 32, 58-62.
  35. Mostert, M. A.; Schoeman, A. S.; Van der Merwe, M. The relative toxicities of insecticides to earthworms of the Pheretima group (Oligochaeta). Pest Manag. Sci. 2002, 58, 446-450.

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