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Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates

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With high probability acutely not harmful to aquatic invertebrates.

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Valid information from acute toxicity testing with Daphnia magna according to OECD guideline 202 is available (Dom et al., 2012). At test termination after 96 h an EC50 of 18260 mg/L was determined.

In a reliable supporting standard static test with Daphnia magna no adverse effects were reported at 10000 mg/L after 48-h exposure (Kuehn, 1989). Toxicity values well above 10000 mg/L reported also for Daphnia magna in other studies support this finding: 22200 mg/L (EC50, 48h) (Rossini and Ronco 1996), 20803 mg/L (EC50, 24h) (Lilius et al. 1995), and 22910 mg/L (LC50, 24h) (Reiff 1976). Aditionally short-term toxicity data are available from tests conducted with other test organism: Mytilus edulis, LC50 (96h) = 15900 mg/L (Helmstetter et al. 1996) and Moina micrura, LC50 (96h) = 4820 mg/L. Although the lowest toxicity was reported for Moina micrura, the study is considered less relevant due to poor documentation on test procedures and conditions. Nevertheless the LC50 -value supports the indication for very low acute toxicity of methanol towards invertebrates.