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		1.22–13.9^f
	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

fData for different homologues of LAS compounds.