Review Article
Occurrence of Surface Active Agents in the Environment
Table 5
Toxicity for different classes of surfactants on different test organisms [
8].
| Test organism | Analyte | Parameter | Mean value mg/L or mg/kg |
| Aquatic organisms | | | | Daphnia magna | DEEDMAC | LC50/24 h | 14.8 | TMABr | IC50/24 h | 0.14 | BDMAC | 0.13 | LAS | | 1.22–13.9f | NPEO9 | LC50/48 h | 14 | NP | | 0.19 | Dunaliella sp. (green alga) | TMAC | EC50/24 h | 0.79 | LAS | 3.5 | Salmo gairdneri (rainbow trout) | TMAC | | 1.21 | LAS | | 3.63 | AS | | 33.61 | AES | | 10.84 | C12EO6 | | 22.38 | OPEO6 | | 6.44 | Gambusia affinis (mosquito fish) | TMAC | | 8.24 | AS | EC50/48 h | 40.15 | AES | 13.64 | C12EO6 | | 29.26 | OPEO6 | | 9.65 | Carassius auratus (gold fish) | TMAC | | 3.58 | AS | | 38.04 | AES | | 12.35 | C12EO6 | | 28.02 | OPEO6 | | 9.24 |
| Terrestial organisms | | | | Bush beans, radish, and grasses | | NOEC/76 days | 27 | Potatoes | | 16 | Sorghum | LAS | EC50/21 days | 167 | Sunflower | | 289 | Mung bean | | 316 |
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Data for different homologues of LAS compounds.
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