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OECD SIDS<br />

METHANOLATES<br />

Toxicity to algae<br />

A 24-hour test in the alga Scenedesmus subspicatus was performed with sodium <strong>methanolate</strong><br />

according to DIN 38412 part 12 (no GLP, no analytical monitoring). The EC 50 for assimilation<br />

inhibition was calculated to be 302 mg/l, the EC 10 was 24 mg/l and the EC 90 3800 mg/l (Degussa,<br />

1989a).<br />

Additional results to the hydrolyses products are listed in Table 3<br />

Table 3 Toxicity of hydrolysis products to aquatic organisms<br />

Species Parameter Effects Reference<br />

<strong>Sodium</strong> hydroxide:<br />

Leuciscus idus melanotus<br />

Gambussia affanis<br />

(fish)<br />

Ceriodaphnia dubia<br />

Daphnia magna<br />

(invertebrate)<br />

Biomphalaria a. alexandrina<br />

Bulinus truncatus<br />

Lymnea caillaudi<br />

(mollusca)<br />

Ophryotrocha diadema<br />

(marine polychaete)<br />

48h-LC 50<br />

96h-LC 50<br />

48h-LC 50<br />

TTC*<br />

Lethal concentrations<br />

189 mg/l<br />

125 mg/l<br />

40 mg/l<br />

40 – 240 mg/l<br />

450 mg/l<br />

150 mg/l<br />

150 mg/l<br />

OECD, 2002<br />

OECD, 2002<br />

OECD, 2002<br />

48h-LC 50 33 - 100 mg/l OECD, 2002<br />

Potassium hydroxide:<br />

Gambusia affinis<br />

Poecilia reticulata<br />

(fish)<br />

96h-LC 50<br />

24h-LC 50<br />

80 mg/l<br />

165 mg/l<br />

OECD, 2001<br />

Methanol:<br />

Different fish species 96h-LC 50 15 400 – 29 400 mg/l OECD, 2004<br />

Daphnia magna<br />

(invertebrate)<br />

Chlorella pyrenoidosa<br />

(algae)<br />

* toxicity threshold concentration<br />

Chronic Toxicity Test Results<br />

Several 24h- and 48h-EC 50<br />

24h-EC 50<br />

> 10 000 mg/l<br />

21 400 mg/l<br />

OECD, 2004<br />

10 – 14d- ErC 50 28 440 mg/l OECD, 2004<br />

Only one chronic toxicity study which was not considered reliable (reliability 3) was reported for<br />

NaOH. An adverse effect on survival rate, growth and fecundity as well as the quality of progeny<br />

was found in Lebistes reticulatus between 25 and 100 mg/l of NaOH (OECD, 2002).<br />

Toxicity to Microorganisms<br />

The inhibition of bacterial metabolism in a bacterial mixed culture according to DIN 38412 part 12<br />

was studied with sodium <strong>methanolate</strong>. The 24-hour EC 50 was 97 mg/l, the EC 10 38 mg/l and the<br />

EC 90 246.9 mg/l.<br />

<strong>Sodium</strong> hydroxide<br />

The 15-minute-EC 50 for Photobacterium phosphoreum in the Microtox system was 22 mg/l. The<br />

test medium was 2 % NaCl indicating that the medium was not buffered. The effect of NaOH on<br />

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