Assessment of the consequences of a possible ban on phosphates in household detergents

Table B.1: Ecotoxicological data for candidate substances for the substitution for phosphate (Highlighted values are used for deriving a PNEC-value)

Substance Organism EC50/LC50
(mg/L)
NOEC
(mg/L)
Time Reference/(method)
Zeolite
1318-02-1
Fathead minnow (pimephales promelas) >680 >87 96 h Danish EPA 615
Fathead minnow   175 30 days Danish EPA 615
Daphnia magna >70
>211-1,000
  48 h
21 days
Danish EPA 615
Daphnia magna   129-1,000 21 days Danish EPA 615
Selenastrum carpricornutum 100-1,000   8 h Danish EPA 615
Chlorella vulgaris   70 8 h Danish EPA 615
Polycarboxylate
9003-04-7 /9003-01-4 / 52255-49-9
Crustaceans and fish >100-1,000     Danish EPA 615
Chlorella kessleri EC10 30-1,000   4-14 days Danish EPA 615
Sodium citrate
(Disodium citrate/ Trisodium citrate)
144-33-2/ 68-04-2
Poecilia reticulata >18,000-32,000   96 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Chinook salmon   LOEC
10
96 h Danish EPA 615
Daphnia magna 825 80 48 h/ 21 days Danish EPA 615
Scenedesmus quadricauda   640 7 days Danish EPA 615
Daphnia magna 5,600-10,000   48 h IUCLID (Method: other)
  Daphnia magna 3,300   24 h US-EPA
Chlorella vulgaris >18,000-32,000   96 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 201)
Citric acid
77-92-9
Lepomis macrochirus 1516   96 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Leuciscus idus melanotus 440   48 h US-EPA
Daphnia magna 120   72 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Daphnia magna 1,535   24 h US-EPA
Scenedesmus quadricauda 640   7 days IUCLID (Method: other)
Sodium carbonate
497-19-8
Lepomis macrochirus 300   96 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Lepomis Macrochirus 300   96 h US-EPA
Daphnia magna 265   48 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Daphnia magna 228   96 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Daphnia magna 265   48 h US-EPA
Dugesia sp. (flatworm) 341   96 h US-EPA
Lymnaea sp. (pond snail) 403   24 h US-EPA
Sodium bicarbonate
144-55-8
Lepomis macrochirus 8,600   96 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Daphnia magna 2,350   48 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Nitscheria linearis 650   5 d IUCLID (Method: other)
Sodium silicate
6834-92-0
Branchydanio rerio 3,185   96 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 203)
Daphnia magna 216   96 h IUCLID (Method: other)
Phosphonate Ictalurus punctatus 1,212 924 96 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 203)
6419-19-8 Daphnia magna 297 125 48 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 202)
  Selenastrum capricornitum 19.6 7.4 14 days IUCLID (OECD Guideline 201)
15827-60-8 Oncorhynchus mykiss 180-252 180 96 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 203)
  Daphnia magna 242 125 48 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 202)
  Selenastrum capricornitum 8.7 5.0 14 days IUCLID (OECD Guideline 201)
2809-21-4 Oncorhynchus mykiss 368 151 96 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 203)
  Daphnia magna 527 400 48 h IUCLID (OECD Guideline 202)
  Chlorella sp.   100 48 h IUCLID (Method:other)
Selenastrum sp.   3.0 21 days IUCLID (Bottle test, US-EPA)
Sodium tartrate
868-18-8
Fish 1,000     Danish EPA QSAR
Daphnia 893     Danish EPA QSAR
Algae 864     Danish EPA QSAR
Sodium gluconate
527-07-1
Fish 100     Danish EPA QSAR
Daphnia 148     Danish EPA QSAR
Algae 1,260     Danish EPA QSAR
MGDA (Methyl glycin diacetic acid) - - - - -
IDS (Iminodisuccinate)
144538-83-0
Fish LC0: = 82.6   96 h Baypure (2009)
Fish LC0: = 12.0   14 days Baypure (2009)
Daphnia EC0: = 84.0   48 h Baypure (2009)
Daphnia EC0: = 11.7   21 days Baypure (2009)
Algae   22.8 72 h Baypure (2009)
GLDA (GLutamic acid Diacetic Acid) - - - - -

Danish EPA 615: Environmental Project No. 615, 2001 [in Danish].
Danish EPA QSAR: QSAR calculations from Danish EPA
Baypure (2009). www.baypure.com August 2009. Data on BaypureTM CX 100 solid
- No data available

 



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