The distribution of dichlorvos in the tissues of mammals after its inhalation or intravenous administration

No dichlorovos could be detected in the blood of rats, mice, and humans after exposure to atmospheric concentrations of dichlorvos up to 17 times that normally attained for domestic insect control. Exposure of rats to 10 μg/liter (250 times normal exposure) for 4 hr was required before dichlorvos was found present; it was then measurable only in the kidneys of the animals. At about 90 μg/liter (2000 times normal exposure) dichlorvos could be...