PubMed · 6578184
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1983. MCPA.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6578184/
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A survey of the potential side effects of volatilized pesticides on fungi and vascular plants in The Netherlands has been made for two herbicides (atrazine and MCPA), a fungicide (captan) and a soil fumigant (metham sodium). By applying existing models, a prediction is presented of post-treatment dispersal and deposition due to volatilization, both at short and long ranges, and of the potential side effects on fungi and vascular plants. The general conclusion is that side effects (stunting and growth anomalies) are to be expected outside the target area, especially close (< 500 m) to treated plots with atrazine and metham sodium. In view of agricultural acreage in The Netherlands, these short-range effects may impinge on a relatively large scale. There may also be an impact at greater distances from treated plots, especially in the case of compounds that are slow to degrade such as MITC (methyl isothiocyanate), the active toxic moiety generated in soil from metham sodium.
Two series of drift deposition measurements were carried out at different wind speeds using sodium fluorescein as a tracer dye sprayed over a grass field 6 m upwind of a hedge. Efficient receptors were placed below and above hedge height (1.6 m) between 1 and 20 m downwind from the sprayed area. Receptors below hedge height reflected a sudden decrease in deposition immediately behind the hedge, followed by a gradual increase again up to 15 m, i.e., nine times the height of the hedge. The sheltering effect of a hedge from the biological impact of spray drift was studied by bioassays using tomato and Lychnis flos-cuculi plants for the herbicide MCPA and young Pieris brassicae larvae for the insecticide cypermethrin. These demonstrated that the protection afforded to sensitive species in strong winds may be quite limited, and severe damage may be inflicted over considerable distances. In intermediate cases, a protected zone is followed by a zone of further significant damage before drift depositions cease to have further effect. In some cases, the sheltered zone may extend to a distance where drift deposition, even in the absence of a hedge, has minimal effect.
The phenoxyherbicide and peroxisome proliferator 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) was tested for its ability to induce sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE) in chick embryos. Erbitox E30 (a commercial formulation containing 28% MCPA sodium potassium salt as active ingredient) was injected into the air chamber in concentrations of MCPA of 0, 0.35, 0.7, 1.4, 2.8, or 5.6 mg/egg on day 0 of incubation. Pure MCPA sodium salt was tested at 2.8 mg/egg. Neutral red at 0.25 mg/egg was the mutagenic reference compound (positive control group). Eggs were then incubated for 4 days. MCPA induced a slight but significant increase in SCE frequency (about 1.3 times base line) at 2.8 mg/egg. The dose of 5.6 mg/egg was toxic. No difference in genetic activity between the commercial formulation and the pure compound was found. A cell cycle delaying effect of MCPA was evident at all the dose levels tested. The mitotic index remained unchanged.