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Table 4.6.

Long-term toxicity of Dimethyl phthalate to aquatic invertebrates


 

 

Review of Environmental
Fate and Effects of Selected
Phthalate Esters

Test species

(F/S)

N/M

Test
duration

Endpoint

EC50 or LC50
(mg/l)

NOEC (LOEC)
(mg/l)

Reference

Daphnia magna

F

M

21 d

Survival
 

9.6 (23.0)

/35, 36/

Palaemonetes
pugio

S

M

30 d

Larval
mortality
 

10 (100)

/37/

F: Fresh water; S: Salt water; N: Nominal; M: Measured concentration; NOEC: No Observed Effect Concentration; LOEC: Lowest Observed Effect Concentration.