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Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates

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Octanoic acid, zinc salt, basic:

Toxicity studies of octanoic acid, zinc salt, basic are not available. In the assessment of environmental toxicity of octanoic acid, zinc salt, basic, read-across to the assessment entities soluble zinc substances and octanoic acid is applied since zinc cations and octanoate anions determine its fate and toxicity in the environment.

 

Octanoic acid:

The lowest acute EC50 for freshwater invertebrates, 63 mg/L, was observed for the effect of octanoic acid (C8) in a reliable, GLP-conform 48 h toxicity test with Daphnia magna conducted similar to OECD 202.

 

Zinc:

Key data (lowest EC50 values) are:

-for Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0.413 mg Zn/l (single value) at low pH and low hardness

-for Ceriodaphnia dubia: >0.53 mg Zn/l (single value) at low pH and high hardness

-for Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0.147 mg Zn/l (geomean value) at neutral/high pH and low hardness

-for Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0.228 mg Zn/l (geomean value) at neutral/high pH and high hardness

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