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Ecotoxicological information

Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria

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Description of key information

tests performed on an undiluted filtrate of a supersaturated dispersion of ZnS-SACHTOLITH HD-S, according to standard OECD protocol show no short-term toxicity of ZnS to algae up to its solubility limit in test water.

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Additional information

Zinc sulfide is an insoluble material. Algae tests, performed on an eluate of ZnS, and tested according to OECD Guideline for testing of Chemicals n° 201, show no toxicity of the ZnS for the algae.

According to these data, ZnS is not classified for aquatic toxicity.