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EC number: 202-860-4 | CAS number: 100-52-7
Short-term toxicity to fish
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- short-term toxicity to fish
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Scientifically acceptable publication
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- A method for aquatic multiple species toxicant testing acute toxicity of 10 chemicals to 5 vertebrates and 2 invertebrates.
- Author:
- Phipps and Holcombe
- Year:
- 1 985
- Bibliographic source:
- Environ. Pollut. (Oxford, U.K.), Ser. A, 38: 141-158
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- equivalent or similar to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 203 (Fish, Acute Toxicity Test)
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Benzaldehyde
- EC Number:
- 202-860-4
- EC Name:
- Benzaldehyde
- Cas Number:
- 100-52-7
- Molecular formula:
- C7H6O
- IUPAC Name:
- benzaldehyde
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test substance (as cited in study report): benzaldehyde
Constituent 1
Test organisms
- Test organisms (species):
- Lepomis macrochirus
Study design
- Test type:
- flow-through
- Water media type:
- freshwater
- Total exposure duration:
- 96 h
Test conditions
- Hardness:
- 40.7 - 57 mg CaCo3
- Test temperature:
- 22.5 +/- 0.4 °C
- pH:
- 7.1 - 7.8
- Dissolved oxygen:
- 4 - 8.4 mg/L (equals at least 60 % of the saturation limit)
- Details on test conditions:
- TEST SYSTEM
- Test vessel: glass aquaria (50 x 25 x 30 cm) with an 18 cm standpipe that produced a tank volume of 22.5 l; each glass tank was divided into six 16.6 x 12.5 cm wide compartments using stainless steel screen dividers
- Flow rates: 130 ml/min
- Photoperiod: 16 hours
- Test water: obtained from Lake Superior and heated to the appropriate test temperature
Results and discussion
Effect concentrations
- Duration:
- 96 h
- Dose descriptor:
- LC50
- Effect conc.:
- 1.07 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (not specified)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- mortality (fish)
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