Toxicity of Fire Retardant Chemicals to Aquatic Organisms: Progress Report
Table 14
Table 14. Acute toxicity (96-hour for fish and algae; 48-hour for
Daphnia magna) reported by manufacturers or their contract laboratories. Acute toxicity values from
this study (YFRS, SD 1993) are included for comparison.
| | Species | Weight (g) | Water quality | LC50 mg/L | Source |
| P-C WD-861 | RBT | 0.83 | Soft | 18 | ABC Labs 1986c |
| P-C WD-881 | RBT | 0.57 | Soft | 22 | ABC Labs 1988 |
| 0.1 (fry) | Soft | 13 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| 0.09 (swim-up) | Soft | 13 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| 0.6 (60 DPH) | Soft | 15 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| P-C WD-861 | Daphnia | < 24 hour | Hard | 7.8 | ABC Labs 1986d |
| P-C WD-881 | Daphnia | < 24 hour | Hard | 4 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| P-C WD-861 | S. capric. | -(dry wt) | - | 7.6 | Monsanto 1987 |
| P-C WD-881 | S. capric. | -(Chl. a) | - | 24 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| P-C D-75-R | RBT | 0.44 | Soft | > 1000 | ABC Labs 1986b |
| P-C D-75-F | RBT | 0.6 (60 DPH) | Soft | 234 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| 1.5 (90 DPH) | Soft | 218 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| P-C D-75-R | FHM | 0.15 | Soft | > 1000 | ABC Labs 1986a |
| P-C D-75-F | FHM | 0.1 (60 DPH) | Soft | 612 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| Daphnia | < 24 hour | Hard | > 1000 | ABC Labs 1986a |
| Daphnia | < 24 hour | Hard | 280 | YFRS, Sd 1993 |
| FT LCG-R | RBT | ? | ? | 790 | Chemonics (MSDS) 1992b |
| FT GTS-R | RBT | ? | ? | 1000 | Chemonics (MSDS) 1992a |
| RBT | 0.5g | V. soft | 899 | C. Chang 10/92 Chemonics |
0.09 (swim-up) | Soft | 363 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
0.09 (swim-up) | Hard | 207 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
0.6 (60 DPH) | Soft | 390 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
0.4 (60 DPH) | Hard | 234 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
1.5 (90 DPH) | Soft | 363 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
1.2 (90 DPH) | Hard | 234 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
| Silv-Ex | RBT | 0.37 | Soft | 25 | Springborn Bionomics 1986 |
| RBT | 0.1 (sac-fry) | Soft | 11 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
0.09 (swim-up) | Soft | 13 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
0.6 (60 DPH) | Soft | 14 | YFRS, SD 1993 |
