Document Ra29YXe7O2roMGXEKzRE74O8V
PFOS Ecotoxicological Testing Results Comparison of Effect Concentrations Calculated Using Different Sample Purity
All values calculated as mean measured concentrations, except where * (nominal).
Parameter Wastewater bacteria (OECD 209) 3-hr EO50 Inhibition at highest concentration tested (905 or 870 mg/L) = 39% Selenastrum capricornutum ( freshwater green algae) 96-hr NOEC (growth rate) 96-hr ErC10 (95% Confidence Interval) 96-hr ErCso (95% Confdence Interval) Daphnia magna (freshwater water flea) Acute 48-hr NOEC Acute 48-hr EC10 (95% Confidence Interval) Acute 48-hr E C (95% Confidence Interval) Acute 48-hr EC90 (95% Confidence Interval) 21-day Semi-Stataic Life-cycle Test NOEC 21-day Semi-Stataic Life-cycle Test LOEC Mysidopsis bahia (marine shrimp) Acute 96-hr NOEC Acute 96-hr EC50 (95% Confidence Interval) 35-day Flow-through Life Cycle Test NOEC 35-day Flow-through Life Cycle Test LOEC Unio complamatus (freshwater mussel) Acute 96-hour NOEC Acute 96-hour LC50 (95% Confidence Interval) Crassostrea virginica Shell Deposition (oyster) Acute 96-hour NOEC Acute 96-hour ECm (95% Confidence Interval) Solubility limits precluded obtaining EC50 value. Inhibition at highest concentration tested = 28% Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow) Acute 96-hr NOEC Acute 96-hr LC50 (95% Confidence Interval) 47-days Early Life-Stage Toxicity Test NOEC 47-days Early Life-Stage Toxicity Test LOEC Avian Dietary Toxicity Tests Acute Mallard Duck LC50 (95% Confidence Interval) Acute Mallard Duck No mortality concentration Acute Mallard Duck NOEC (weight loss) Acute Bobwhite Quail LC50 (95% Confidence Interval) Acute Bobwhite Quail no mortality concentration Acute Bobwhite Quail NOEC
Result (90.49% purity) Result (86.9% purity)
>905*
>870*
44 59 (54 - 63) 126(115- 138)
33 53 (<11 - >91)
61 (3 3 -9 1 ) 6 3 (<11 - >91)
12
24
1 .1
3.6 (3 .0 -4 .6 ) 0.25 0.55
20
59 (51 - 6 8 )
1.9 >3.0
42 57 (52 - 60) 121 (1 1 0 -1 3 3 )
32 51 (<11 - >87)
59 (32 - 87) 60 (<11 - >87)
12
23
1 .1
3.5 (2.9 -4 .4) 0.24 0.53
19 57 (49 - 65)
1 .8
>2.9
3.3 9.5 (8 .0 -1 1 )
0.3
0 .6
628 (448 - 958) 146 37
220 (164 - 289) 73 73
3.2 9.1 (7 .7 -1 1 )
0.29 0.58
603 (430-919) 141 35
212 (158-278) 70 . 70
Other Affected Studies Water Solubility (Pure water, GLP study) Water solubility (freshwater, non-GLP) Water solubility (freshwater algal medium, non-GLP) Water solubility (saltwater, non-GLP)
519 371 430 24.9
498 326 378
2 1 .8
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