In the context of current risk assessment procedures, the ECETOC Aquatic Toxicity (EAT)
database has been used to assess the comparative sensitivity of different life stages of …

In 1989, the EU restricted the use of tributyl-tin (TBT) and the International Maritime
Organisation (IMO) decided for a world-wide ban on TBT in 2003. As a replacement for TBT …

This paper compares available options for the aquatic ecotoxicological effect factor
component in life‐cycle assessment (LCA). The effect factor is expressed here as the …

Seven-day static renewal tests with Ceriodaphnia dubia were used to document the chronic
toxicity of ethylene glycol ethers and acetates to this invertebrate. The 7-d EC10 (effective …

The bioconcentration, biotransformation, and elimination of anionic surfactants, linear
alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS), specifically 2ØC10 and 2ØC12 LAS, which are pure isomers …

MATERIALS AND METHODS In this first analysis the acute LC50 was used as a measure of
toxicity, because of its abundance in literature and its clear definition in statistical and …

Every year thousands of new substances are synthetized and marketed. Either by regulatory
demands or scientific purposes, these substances should all be tested. The determination of …

Sediment ecotoxicity studies were conducted with lufenuron to (i) complement the results of
a water-spiked mesocosm experiment with this lipophilic benzoylurea insecticide,(ii) to …

In chemical regulation, eg the EU Water Framework Directive, REACH, or the Pesticide
Directive, standardized ecotoxicological tests are applied to evaluate and rank the hazard of …

The chronic toxicity to Daphnia magna Straus in 21 day flow‐through laboratory exposures
was assessed for a homologous series of nonionic linear alcohol ethoxylate surfactants …