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Short-term toxicity to fish

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Description of key information

Acutely very toxic for aquatic organisms.

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Fresh water fish

Fresh water fish
Effect concentration:
0.54 mg/L

Additional information

The toxicity of Triclosan to fish was tested in a guideline study following EEC Directive, Annex V, Part. C.l. Zebra fish were exposed to the substance for 96 hours in a static system. At test termination a LC50 of 0.54 mg/l based on measured data was determined (Ciba-Geigy1990). A comparable result was obtained by a study set up according to U.S.-EPA guideline 66202/3-75-009. The study was conducted with Pimephales promelas as test organism in a static system. The LC50 after 96 hours was 0.26 mg/l based on nominal concentrations (Procter & Gamble 1990).

In a further study conducted with Lepomis macrochirus as test organism in a static system; the 96 -h LC50 was 0.37 µg/L (95% CL: 0.32 - 0.44 mg/L; nominal; Orvos et al., 2002). The study was performed according to US EPA national standards. Analytical monitoring was not performed.

The 96 -h LC50 was determined to be 4.37 mg/L for the transformation product methyltriclosan (CAS 4640 -01 -1). The study was performed without analytical monitoring, a guideline is not given, nevertheless, the basic data are given.

An overview on the available reliable data on the acute toxicity to fish is given in the following table.

Reference

RL

Species

Exp.

Effect

level

Value

(µg/L)

Nom./

meas.

Remark

Triclosan

Wang et al. (2013)

2

Carassius auratus

96 h

LC50

1839

nom

mortality

Oliveira et al. (2009)

2

Danio rerio

96 h

LC50

340

nom.

mortality

Ciba-Geigy Ltd. (1990). Test no.G 069 04

2

Danio rerio

96 h

LC50

540

meas.

mortality

Orvos et al. (2002)

2

Lepomis macrochirus

96 h

LC50

370

nom.

mortality

Wang et al. (2013)

2

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

96 h

LC50

45

nom

mortality

Tamura et al. (2013)

2

Oryzias latipes

96 h

LC50

210

nom

mortality

Kim et al. (2009)

2

Oryzias latipes

96 h

LC50

600

nom.

mortality

Procter & Gamble (1990).Rep. No. 38655

2

Pimephales promelas

96 h

LC50

260

nom.

mortality

Wang et al. (2013)

2

Pseudorasbora parva

96 h

LC50

71

nom

mortality

Wang et al. (2013)

2

Tanichthys albonubes

96 h

LC50

889

nom

mortality

Liang et al. (2013)

2

Xiphophorus helleri

96 h

LC50

1480

meas.

mortality

Belanger et al. (2013) cited in Busquet et al. (2014)

2

Danio rerio

96 h

LC50

283

nom.

fish embryo acute toxicity

Busquet et al. (2014)

2

Danio rerio

96 h

LC50

300

nom.

fish embryo acute toxicity

Oliveira et al. (2009)

2

Danio rerio

96 h

LC50

420

nom.

fish embryo acute toxicity

Ishibashi et al. (2004)

2

Oryzias latipes

96 h

LC50

399

nom.

fish embryo acute toxicity

Fritsch et al. (2013)

2

Pimephales promelas

96 h

LC50

190

nom.

fish embryo acute toxicity

Methyltriclosan

Ciba-Geigy (1985). Report date: 13 Feb 1985

1

Danio rerio

96 h

EC50

4370

nom.

mortality

Exp.: exposure duration; Meas.: measured; Nom.: nominal; RL: Reliability