00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.846013 CaOODSP 20241203113640 cr ||||||||||| 171024s1985 onca|||fo f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- En13-5/85-58E-PDF Liu, Dickson, 1935- Biochemical responses of bacteria after short exposure to alkyltins [electronic resource] / D. Lliu and K. Thomson. Burlington, Ont. : Environmental Contaminants Division, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, [1985]. [9] p. : ill. NWRI contribution ; 85-58 Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "Organotin compounds are important chemicals with many industrial applications. For instance, the dialkyltins are used as heat stabilizers for PVC plastics and the trialkyltins being formulated into various biocidal applications. However little is known about their effect and fate in the aquatic environments. All the seven n-butyltin compounds (mono-, di-, tr-, and tetra-) studied were found to be biologically active, in terms of acute and sublethal toxicities. The bioactivity of organotin compounds is apparently due to their capability of interrupting the processes of energy metabolism in an organism. Since the demand for organotins will unlikely decrease, a systematic control and monitoring the use of such chemicals are therefore recomended to safeguard the environmental quality, particularly in light of the fact that the capacity to degrade organotin compounds is not widespread among bacteria"--Management perspective. Introductory text in English and French. gccst Toxic substances gccst Water quality Thomson, K. Canada. Environment Canada. National Water Research Institute (Canada) NWRI contribution ; no. 85-58 (CaOODSP)9.844121 PDF 1,010 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/eccc/En13-5-85-58-eng.pdf ECD-111B