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Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria

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Description of key information

Three aquatic toxicity studies in algae, with samples of gasoline are available. Acute EL50 values obtained ranged from 3.1 to 56 mg/L , based on growth rate. The NOAEC values ranged between 0.5 and 10 mg/L..

Supporting PETROTOX (version 4.01) acute and chronic toxicity to aquatic algae values are available. The model predicted an LL50 of 2.31 and a EL10 of 0.443 mg/L.

Key value for chemical safety assessment

EC50 for freshwater algae:
3.1 mg/L
EC10 or NOEC for freshwater algae:
0.5 mg/L

Additional information

Three aquatic toxicity studies in algae, with samples of gasoline are available. Acute EL50 values obtained ranged from 3.1 to 56 mg/L , based on growth rate. The NOAEC values ranged between 0.5 and 10 mg/L.

PETROTOX combines a partitioning model (used to calculate the aqueous concentration of hydrocarbon components as a function of substance loading) with the Target Lipid Model (used to calculate acute and chronic toxicity of non-polar narcotic chemicals). PETROTOX computes toxicity based on the summation of the aqueous-phase concentrations of hydrocarbon block(s) that represent a petroleum substance and membrane-water partition coefficients (KMW) that describe the partitioning of the hydrocarbons between the water and organism.

PETROTOX predicted an LL50 of 2.31 and a EL10 of 0.443 mg/L.