Endrin

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Endrin
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(1aR,2R,2aR,3R,6S,6aS,7S,7aS)-3,4,5,6,9,9-Hexachloro-1a,2,2a,3,6,6a,7,7a-octahydro-2,7:3,6-dimethanonaphtho[2,3-b]oxirene
Other names
Mendrin, Compound 269, 1,2,3,4,10,10-Hexachloro-6,7-epoxy-1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-1,4-endo,endo-5,8-dimethanonaphthalene
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard
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EC Number
  • 200-775-7
KEGG
RTECS number
  • IO1575000
UNII
UN number 2761
  • InChI=1S/C12H8Cl6O/c13-8-9(14)11(16)5-3-1-2(6-7(3)19-6)4(5)10(8,15)12(11,17)18/h2-7H,1H2/t2-,3+,4+,5-,6-,7+,10-,11+ checkY
    Key: DFBKLUNHFCTMDC-RVVFZPGKSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C12H8Cl6O/c13-8-9(14)11(16)5-3-1-2(6-7(3)19-6)4(5)10(8,15)12(11,17)18/h2-7H,1H2/t2-,3+,4+,5-,6-,7+,10-,11+
    Key: DFBKLUNHFCTMDC-RVVFZPGKBH
  • C1C2C3C(C1C4C2O4)C5(C(=C(C3(C5(Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl)Cl
Properties
C12H8Cl6O
Molar mass 380.907 g/mol
Appearance Colorless to tan crystalline solid
Density 1.77 g/cm3 [1]
Melting point 200 °C (392 °F; 473 K) (decomposes)
0.23 mg/L[2]
Vapor pressure 2.6 x 10-5 Pa[1]
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H301, H310, H351, H372, H410
P201, P202, P260, P262, P264, P270, P273, P280, P281, P301+P310, P302+P350, P308+P313, P310, P314, P321, P322, P330, P361, P363, P391, P405, P501
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 3: Short exposure could cause serious temporary or residual injury. E.g. chlorine gasFlammability 0: Will not burn. E.g. waterInstability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no code
3
0
0
Flash point noncombustible[3]
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
3 mg/kg (oral, monkey)
16 mg/kg (oral, guinea pig)
10 mg/kg (oral, hamster)
3 mg/kg (oral, rat)
7 mg/kg (oral, rabbit)
1.4 mg/kg (oral, mouse)[4]
5 mg/kg (cat, oral)[4]
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
 TWA 0.1 mg/m3 [skin][3]
REL (Recommended)
 TWA 0.1 mg/m3 [skin][3]
IDLH
(Immediate danger)
 2 mg/m3[3]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Endrin is an

Shell and Velsicol Chemical Corporation. It was primarily used as an insecticide, as well as a rodenticide and piscicide. It is a colourless, odorless solid, although commercial samples are often off-white. Endrin was manufactured as an emulsifiable solution known commercially as Endrex.[5] The compound became infamous as a persistent organic pollutant and for this reason it is banned in many countries.[6]

In the environment endrin exists as either endrin aldehyde or endrin ketone and can be found mainly in bottom sediments of bodies of water.[7][8] Exposure to endrin can occur by inhalation, ingestion of substances containing the compound, or skin contact.[7] Upon entering the body, it can be stored in body fats and can act as a neurotoxin on the central nervous system, which can cause convulsions, seizures, or even death.[9]

Although endrin is not currently classified as a mutagen,[5] nor as a human carcinogen, it is still a toxic chemical in other ways with detrimental effects.[10] Due to these toxic effects, the manufacturers cancelled all use of endrin in the United States by 1991. Food import concerns have been raised because some countries may have still been using endrin as a pesticide.[7]

History

J. Hyman & Company first developed endrin in 1950. Shell International was licensed in the United States and in the Netherlands to produce it. Velsicol was the other producer in the Netherlands. Endrin was used globally until the early 1970s. Due to its toxicity, it was banned or severely restricted in many countries. In 1982, Shell discontinued its manufacturing.[5]

In 1962, an estimated 2.3-4.5 million kilograms of endrin were sold by Shell in the USA. In 1970, Japan imported 72,000 kilograms of endrin. From 1963 until 1972, Bali used 171 to 10,700 kilograms of endrin annually for the production of

organochlorine pesticides including endrin in soil samples of paddy fields, compared to other Asian countries such as Thailand and Vietnam. During the 1950s-1970s over two million kilograms of organochlorine pesticides were estimated of having been be released into the environment per year. Endrin was banned in the United States on October 10, 1984.[8] Taiwan banned endrin's use as a pesticide in 1971 and regulated it as a toxic chemical in 1989.[11]

In May 2004, the

persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have been causing adverse effects on humans and the environment. The convention requires the participating parties to take measures to eliminate or restrict the production of POPs.[12]

Production

The synthesis of endrin begins with the condensation of

perbenzoic acid to the isodrin is the final step in synthesizing endrin.[5]

Endrin is a

stereoisomer of dieldrin[13] with comparable properties, though endrin degrades more easily.[8]

Use

Endrin was formulated as emulsifiable concentrates (ECs), wettable powders (WPs), granules, field strength dusts (FSDs), and pastes. The product could then be applied by aircraft or by handheld sprayers in its various formulations.[14]

Endrin has been used primarily as an agricultural

corn borers, cut worms and grass hoppers.[16] In addition, endrin has been employed as a rodenticide and avicide.[7] In Malaysia, fish farms used a solution of endrin as a piscicide to rid mine pools and fish ponds of all fish prior to restocking.[17]

A study conducted from 1981 to 1983 in the US aimed to determine endrin's effects on non-target organisms when applied as a rodenticide in orchards. Most wildlife in and around the orchard was found to have endrin exposure, with endrin toxicity accounting for more than 24% of bird deaths recorded.[18] Endrin was eventually banned in the US on October 10, 1984.[8]

Health effects

Exposure and metabolism

Exposure to endrin can occur by inhalation, ingestion of substances containing the compound, or by skin contact. In addition to inhalation and skin contact, infants can be exposed by ingesting the breast milk of an exposed woman. In utero, fetuses are exposed by way of the placenta if the mother has been exposed.[13][19]

Upon entering the body, endrin metabolizes into anti-12-hydroxyendrin and other metabolites, which can be expelled in the urine and feces. Both anti-12-hydroxyendrin and its metabolite, 12-ketoendrin, are likely responsible for the toxicity of endrin.[7] The rapid metabolism of endrin into these metabolites makes detection of endrin itself difficult unless exposure is very high.[13]

Neurological effects

Symptoms of endrin poisoning include headache, dizziness, nervousness, confusion, nausea, vomiting, and convulsions.[7] Acute endrin poisoning in humans affects primarily the central nervous system. There, it can act as a neurotoxin that blocks the activity of inhibitory neurotransmitters.[13] In cases of acute exposure, this may result in seizures, or even death. Because endrin can be stored in body fats, acute endrin poisoning can lead to recurrent seizures when stressors induce the release of endrin back into the body, even months after the initial exposure is terminated.[9]

People occupationally exposed to endrin may experience abnormal

theta waves with synchronous spike-and-wave complexes. EEG readings can take up to one month to return to normal.[7]

Developmental effects

Though endrin exposure has not been found to adversely affect

cleft palate, open eyes, webbed feet, and meningoencephaloceles have increased. Along with open eyes and cleft palate, mice have developed with fused ribs and exencephaly.[7] Skeletal abnormalities in rodents have also been reported.[13]

Effects on animals

Animals that ate or breathed high levels of Endrin had very similar effects to those seen in humans, with the nervous system being the same target in both animals and humans. When Endrin attacks the nervous system in typically causes convulsions in the animals. Endrin exposure also lead liver damage in all the animals studied. Endrin is highly toxic for all animal species however, fish and other aquatic organisms seemed to be effected the most. [20]

Other effects

Higher doses of endrin have been found to cause the following in rodents:

fatty liver, and liver necrosis; possible kidney degradation;[13] and a decrease in body weight and body weight gain.[7]

Endrin is very toxic to aquatic organisms, namely fish, aquatic invertebrates, and phytoplankton.[21] It was found to remain in the tissues of infected fish for up to one month.[17]

Monitoring Methods Used by OSHA

Analyte code (IMIS no.): 1017

Sampler/Sampling media: 0.8 µm Cellulose ester membrane + Chromosorb 102, (100/50 mg) [SKC 225-5 & SKC 226-107]

Sampling volume (TWA)*: 12-400 L

Sampling flow rate (TWA)*: 0.5-1 L/min

Analytical method instruments: GC-ECD[22]

1984 poisoning outbreak in Pakistan

From July 14 to September 26, 1984, an outbreak of endrin poisoning occurred in 21 villages in and around

fevers (37.8 °C/100 °F, axillary) following seizures. The more seriously affected had less vomiting, but higher temperatures than people who were less affected. Most patients could be controlled in under two hours using diazepam, phenobarbital, and atropine, though the more seriously affected patients required general anesthesia. Recovery took up to two days. Following treatment, patients reported not remembering their seizures. The outbreak affected both men and women equally.[23]

Based on the demographics of the affected individuals and their area of residence, the outbreak was likely caused by endrin contamination of food.[24] As members of these villages rarely had contact with one another, investigators determined that contaminated sugar shipped to the villages was the most probable cause, though no credible evidence was found to support this. Around this time, endrin was being used by cotton and sugar cane farmers in the Punjab region. A number of truck drivers stated that they had used the same trucks to deliver endrin to farmers and to pick up crops for Talagang, possibly leading to contamination.[23]

Environmental behavior

Insecticides like dieldrin and endrin have been shown to persist for decades in the environment.

mass spectrometer started being used as a detector in gas chromatography.[26] Detection of these chemicals in the environment has been reported across the world up to 2005,[25] even though the frequency of reported cases are low due to its relatively small-scale use and very low concentrations.[26]

Endrin regularly enters the environment when applied to crops or when rain washes it off. It has been found in water, sediments, atmospheric air and biotic environment, even after uses have been stopped.

EPA released data indicating that the endrin in soil could last up to 14 years or more.[28] The extent of endrin's persistence depends highly on local conditions. For example, high temperature (230 °C) or intense sunlight leads to more rapid breakdown of endrin into endrin ketone and endrin aldehyde, however, this breakdown is less than 5%.[7]

Removal from the environment

In the United States, endrin was mainly disposed in land until U.S. federal regulations were applied in 1987 on land disposal of wastes containing endrin.

ultraviolet light, endrin forms δ-ketoendrin and International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) claims that in intense summer sun, about 50% of endrin is isomerized to δ-ketoendrin in 7 days.[29] In anaerobic conditions microbial degradation by fungi and bacteria takes place to form the same major end product.[14]

Mammalian metabolic studies with endrin are difficult because of the high toxicity of the compound. Baldwin M K identified two hydroxylated metabolites in the faeces of rats fed a diet containing 4 parts per million of endrin.[30] At least one was the result of hydroxylation of the methylene bridge. The other might be the opposite isomer, or it could conceivably be the result of hydroxylation at another site. Endrin rarely occurs as a resdue in tissues. What is found is the ketone, probably produced by metabolism of the alcohol derived from the methylene group.

Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) lists reductive dechlorination and incineration for field disposal of small quantities of endrin. In reductive dechlorination, endrin's chlorine atoms were completely replaced with hydrogen atoms, which is suspected to be more environmentally acceptable.[31] Even though endrin binds very strongly to soil, phytoremediation has been proposed by group of Japanese scientists using crops in the family Cucurbitaceae. As of 2009, exact mechanisms behind the plant uptake of endrin have not been understood. Research in uptake mechanisms and factors that influence the uptake is needed for practical application.[25]

Regulation

United States

In the United States, endrin has been regulated by the

EPA. It set a freshwater acute criterion of 0.086 µg/L and a chronic criterion of 0.036 µg/L. In saltwater, the numbers are acute 0.037 and chronic 0.0023 µg/L.[21]
The human health contaminate criterion for water plus organism is 0.059 µg/L.[32] The drinking water limit (
maximum contaminant level) is set to 2 ppb.[33]
Use of endrin in fisheries has been advised against due to the zero tolerance of endrin levels in food products.[17] For occupational exposures to endrin, OSHA and NIOSH have set exposure limits at 0.1 mg/m3.[3]

International organizations

The

WHO lists Endrin as an obsolete pesticide in its 'Classification of Pesticides by Hazard' and did not assign any hazard class per the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.[34]

Taiwan

Taiwan is not a party to the

Stockholm Convention as of 2015, but has drafted its own "National Implementation Plan of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants" which was approved by the Executive Yuan in April 2008.[11] The Central Competent Authorities of Taiwan sets the limit of 20 mg/kg for soil pollution control. For marine environment quality, standards of 0.002 mg/L has been set. For occupational exposures to endrin, warning has been given that the contact with skin, eyes, and mucous membranes can contribute to the overall exposure.[11]

See also

References

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External links

  • Endrin ChemSub Online, retrieved 9 April 2015
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