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For Grapefruit oil, no valid studies on the aquatic toxicity are available for daphnia, fish and algae. For these endpoints, read-across is conducted from the citrus oils (orange oil, mandarin oil, lime oil). The justification of this read-across is described in detail in the read-across justification document.

Daphnia

Valid WAF studies are available for orange oil, mandarin oil and lime oil. The highest toxicity (lowest WAF values) was observed in the studies with orange oil (Vinken and Wydra 2007, Rel. 2):

The study was carried out in closed glass containers and during the preparation of the test media, precautions were taken related to the volatility of the test substance. The highest concentrations were prepared according to the WAF procedure, whereas the concentrations below 1 mg/l were diluted from the WAF of 1 mg/l. However, the effects were observed in the range of the true WAF.

The values of the other citrus oils are used as supporting studies.

Algae

Key WAF studies are available for orange oil, mandarin oil and lime oil. The studies are conducted according to OECD 201 and are validated with reliability 1 or 2. The WAF toxicity values (ErL50) for mandarin oil and lime oil are very similar, while for orange oil the WAF result showed an ErL50 10 times higher (less toxic). The study with lime oil distilled constitutes the lowest toxicity value (lowest WAF value, highest toxicity) for this category and is selected as key study. The values for orange oil, mandarin oil and the other quality of lime oil are used as supporting studies.

 

Fish

For fish key WAF studies are available for Orange oil, Mandarin oil and Lime oil. The study for orange oil constitutes the lowest toxicity value (lowest WAF value, highest toxicity) for this category and is selected as key study.

An overview of all results with Reliability 1 or 2 is presented in the table below:

Test

Substance and Reference

Result (nominal, WAF tests)

Daphnia

OECD 202

KEY STUDY

Orange oil,

IBACON 2007

WAF: 48h-EL50 = 1.1 mg/L

48h-NOEL = 0.48 mg/L   

Daphnia

OECD 202

Supporting study

 

Mandarin oil,

Harlan 2011

WAF: 48h-EL50 = 8.9 mg/L

48h-NOEL = 2.2 mg/L

 

Daphnia

OECD 202

Supporting study

 

Lime oil distilled,

Harlan 2011

WAF: 48h-EL50 = 5.0 mg/L

48h-NOEL = 2.2 mg/L

 

Daphnia

OECD 202

Supporting study

 

Lime oil CP,

Harlan 2011

WAF: 48h-EL50 = 12 mg/L

48h-NOEL = 4.8 mg/L

 

Algae

OECD 201

Supporting study

 

Mandarin oil,

Harlan 2011

72h-NOELr = 3.2 mg/L

72h-ErL50 = 9.7 mg/L

Algae

OECD 201

Supporting study

Orange oil,

Fresenius 05.12.2007 

72h-NOELr = 50 mg/L

72h-ErL50 ~ 150 mg/L 

Algae

OECD 201

KEY study

Lime oil distilled,

Harlan 2011 

72h-NOELr = 3.2 mg/L 

72h-ErL50 = 8 mg/L

 

Algae

OECD 201

Supporting study

Lime oil CP,

Harlan 2011 

72h-NOELr = 3.2 mg/L 

72h-ErL50 = 11 mg/L

Fish

OECD 203

KEY STUDY

Orange oil

SGS Fresenius 2010

96h-NOEL: 4.0 mg/l

96h-LL50: 5.65 mg/l

 Fish

OECD 203

Supporting study

Lime oil,

Harlan 2011 

96h-NOEL: 18 mg/l

96h-LL50: > 18 mg/l 

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