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AMMONIUM SULFATE CAS N°: 7783-20-2

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OECD SIDS<br />

<strong>AMMONIUM</strong> <strong>SULFATE</strong><br />

4. ECOTOXICITY ID: <strong>7783</strong>-<strong>20</strong>-2<br />

DATE: 18.04.<strong>20</strong>06<br />

STATISTICAL METHOD: The 96-h LC50 value was derived using<br />

aninterpolation method as described by Stephan (Stephan CE:<br />

Methods for calculating an LC50: Aquatic toxicology and<br />

hazard evaluation. In: FL Mayer and JL Hamelink, eds., STP<br />

634. American Society for Testing and Materials,<br />

Philadelphia, PA, pp. 65-84). The linear interpolation uses<br />

the logarithm transformation of the concentration and the<br />

angle transformation of the percent dead between the two<br />

doses that bracket 50% response.<br />

YEAR OF STUDY: not reported.<br />

Reliability: (2) valid with restrictions<br />

concentration not measured. Limited documentation of<br />

results.<br />

26-JAN-<strong>20</strong>04 (59)<br />

Type:<br />

static<br />

Species:<br />

other aquatic mollusc: Lamellidens marginalis<br />

Exposure period: 48 hour(s)<br />

Unit: mg/l Analytical monitoring: no data<br />

LC50 : = 3528<br />

Method:<br />

other: static test as described in Doudoroff (1951), Sewage<br />

Wastes 23, 130<br />

Year: 1995<br />

Test substance: other TS: ammonium sulfate, purity 99%<br />

Test condition:<br />

TEST ORGANISMS: Freshwater mussels, belonging to the species<br />

Lamellidens marginalis weighing 30 +/- 2 g, collected from the<br />

ponds of an Indian village. The animals were fed ad libitum on<br />

freshwater plankton and acclimated to laboratory conditions<br />

for a period of 15 days.<br />

Concentration (sublethal): 10 and 176.4 mg/l about 7 days<br />

EXPOSURE TO TEST SUBSTANCE: Batches of 10 animals were<br />

exposed to different concentrations of ammonium sulfate<br />

ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 mg/L with an interval of 100<br />

mg/L. Each experiment in the selected concentrations of<br />

ammonium sulfate was repeated six times.<br />

OBSERVATIONS: After 48 hours the number of animals died at<br />

each concentration was recorded. the animal was considered<br />

dead when the mantle edge was no longer responsive to touch<br />

and failure to close the shell valves.<br />

DETERMINATION OF THE LC50: The mortality in each<br />

concentration was taken to determine the LC50 by graphical<br />

plots of per cent mortality, probit mortality against log<br />

concentration of ammonium sulfate according to the method of<br />

Finney, 1964.<br />

Reliability: (2) valid with restrictions<br />

limited documentation<br />

26-JAN-<strong>20</strong>04 (76)<br />

Type:<br />

static<br />

Species:<br />

other aquatic worm: Schistosoma mansoni<br />

Exposure period: 4 hour(s)<br />

Unit:<br />

Analytical monitoring: no<br />

UNEP PUBLICATIONS 107

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