Acute Toxicity of Fire Control Chemicals to Daphnia magna (Straus) and Selenastrum capricornutum (Printz)
Table 7
Table 7. Summary of Reported Acute Toxicities of Fire Retardant and Foam Suppressant Chemicals to Aquatic Invertebrates and Green Algae
| Species | Chemical | Age/number | Water hardness (mg/liter) | Test temperature (°C) | Test duration (hr) | Acute toxicity (mg/liter) | Referencea |
| D. magna | Phos-Chek D75-R | <24 hr | 225-275 | 20 | 48 | <1000 | 1 |
| D. magna | Phos-Chek WD-861 | <24 hr | 225-275 | 20 | 48 | 7.8 | 2 |
| S. capricornutum | Phos-Chek WD-861 | 104 cells/ml | ASTM AAMb | 24 | 96 | 7.6 | 3 |
| a 1, ABC Laboratories (1986a); 2, ABC Laboratories (1986b); 3, Tucker et al. (1987). b ASTM AAM, ASTM algal assay medium. | |||||||
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