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Landfill Leachate Toxicity Removal in Combined Treatment with Municipal Wastewater

Table 7

Results of landfill leachate toxicity tests (average values from three experiments).
OrganismOld landfill leachateNew landfill leachate
EC/IC50 [%] T U ± S D EC/IC50 [%] T U ± S D
Thamnocephalus platyurus 9 8 ± 7 . 0 1 . 0 ± 0 . 1 1 . 4 ± 0 . 2 7 1 . 4 ± 9 . 0
Daphnia magna m a x . e ff e c t 3 5 % ± 3 . 0 0 . 7 ± 0 . 0 6 2 . 6 ± 0 . 6 3 8 . 5 ± 9 . 2
Vibrio fischeri 2 8 ± 5 . 6 3 . 6 ± 0 . 7 2 . 8 ± 0 . 3 3 6 . 0 ± 4 . 0
Raphidocelis subcapitata 6 7 ± 1 3 . 4 1 . 5 ± 0 . 3 3 . 0 ± 0 . 3 3 4 . 0 ± 3 . 7