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The fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas, embryo-larval survival and teratogenicity test incorporates teratogenic effects in addition to lethality.
, 1984), Table 3, has been used by the Environmental Research Laboratory-Narragansett, RI for all but the embryolarval survival and teratogenicity test.
There are a number of effective options available for the alleviation of NVP, varying from non-pharmacological strategies such as diet and lifestyle changes to pharmacological treatments such as Diclectin ®(doxylamine/pyridoxine) [ 5 ] , antihistamine H1 blockers [ 6 ] , phenothiazines [ 7 ] , as well as pyroxidine (vitamin B6) alone [ 3 8 ] . The thalidomide tragedy of the 1960's as well as the Bendectin ®unfounded scare of the mid 1980's [ 9 10 ] has caused women with NVP to look on drug-based strategies with great caution due to concerns over the perceived teratogenicity of these drugs [ 4 11 ] , even when data exist documenting safety [ 5 9 10 ] . Accordingly, non-pharmacological strategies to alleviate NVP may be popular choices amongst pregnant women.
The similarity of estimates of chronically safe concentrations of toxicants derived from short-term, embryo-larval survival and teratogenicity tests to those derived from full life-cycle tests has been demonstrated by Birge et al.
The tests recommended for use in determining discharge permit compliance in the NPDES program are multi-concentration, or definitive, tests which provide (1) a point estimate of effluent toxicity in terms of an IC25, IC50, or LC50, or (2) a no-observed-effect-concentration (NOEC) defined in terms of mortality, growth, reproduction, and/or teratogenicity and obtained by hypothesis testing.
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