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Long-term toxicity to fish

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Description of key information

NOEC-values: 0.16 mg/L for mortality, 0.11 - 0.28 mg/L for reproduction and 0.33 mg/L for growth 

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Fresh water fish

Fresh water fish
Effect concentration:
0.11 mg/L

Additional information

As no study is available for Alcohols, C16-18 (even numbered) and C18 unsaturated, propoxylated, < 2.5 PO (CAS 70955-07-6), a read-across is prepared to a chronic fish study conducted with an similar substance (alcohol ethoxylate C14 -15, 7 EO).

In that study conducted with two different fish species (bluegill sunfish and fathead minnow) the effects of alcohol ethoxylate (C14-15, 7 EO) were determined (Dorn et al., 1995). In two experiments fish were exposed for 10 d in a laboratory assay and for 30 d in an outdoor stream mesocosm. Effect parameters determined were survival and growth of juvenile bluegills and survival and reproduction of fathead minnows. In the laboratory experiment the NOEC for survival and swimming performance of bluegills and for survival of fathead minnows was 0.16 mg/L. In the stream mesocosm the NOEC for bluegill survival and growth was >0.33 mg/L and for fathead minnow survival 0.28 mg/L. There was an indication of decreased egg laying by fathead minnow in the streams at concentrations of 0.33 mg/L or greater.