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Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates

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Description of key information

(24 h) EC50 1705 mg/L D. magna

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Fresh water invertebrates

Fresh water invertebrates
Effect concentration:
1 705 mg/L

Additional information

No data on toxicity of sodium dihydrogen citrate 18996 -35 -5 to aquatic invertebrates are available. A 24 h aquatic invertebrate study is, however, available for the parent acid of sodium dihydrogen citrate, citric acid 77-92 -9 with D. magna in a neutralised solution. It is considered appropriate to read across the aquatic invertebrate results to sodium dihydrogen citrate 18996 -35 -5 because under conditions relevant to ecotoxicity assessment, the sodium dihydrogen salt of citric acid is expected to be fully dissociated. Sodium dihydrogen is not expected to contribute to the toxicity of the substance, being a ubiquitous element.

The study determines an LC50 value based on mortality of the test organism, by today's standards it is thought by the reviewer to be more accurate to refer to an EC50 value based on immobility, due to the difficulties is determining mortality of daphnids by visual inspection. Therefore a 24 h EC50 value of 1535 mg/L was determined for the effects of citric acid 77 -92 -9 on D. magna.

The resulting EC50 for citric acid is 1535 mg/L, which is equivalent to 1535 * 1.11 = 1705 mg/L of sodium dihydrogen citrate.

(using MW(sodium dihydrogen citrate)/MW(citric acid) = 214.11/192.9 = 1.11)