Evaluation of aquatic toxicity and bioaccumulation of c8- and c9- alkylphenol ethoxylates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2470-2480

  Staples, Charles A ^a   Weeks, John ^b   Hall, Jerry F ^c   Naylor, Carter G ^d  

^a Assessment Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b S C Johnson & Son Inc   (United States)

^c Texaco Inc Bellaire   (United States)

^d Huntsman International LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute aquatic toxicity; Alkylphenol ethoxylates; Bioaccumulation; Chronic aquatic toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ALKYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; AQUATIC TOXICITY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTORS; CHRONIC AQUATIC TOXICITY;

PHENOLS;

ALKYLPHENOL; FRESH WATER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032403847     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620171213     Document Type: Review

References (63)

1. Talmage SS. 1994. Environmental and Human Safety of Major Surfactants. Alcohol Ethoxylates and Alkylphenol Ethoxylates. Soap and Detergent Association. Lewis, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
2. Naylor CG. 1995. Environmental fate and safety of nonylphenol ethoxylates. Textile Chemist Colorist 27:29-33.
3. Ahel M, Giger W, Schaffner C. 1991. Environmental occurrence and behavior of alkylphenol polyethoxylates and their degradation products in rivers and groundwaters. Proceedings, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Seminar on Nonylphenol Ethoxylates/Nonylphenol, Saltsjobaden, Sweden, February 6-8, pp 105-151.
4. Field JA, Reed R. 1996. Nonylphenol polyethoxy carboxylate metabolites of nonionic surfactants in U.S. paper mill effluents, municipal sewage treatment plant effluents, and river waters. Environ Sci Technol 30:3544-3550.
5. Naylor CG, Mieure JP, Adams WJ, Weeks JA, Castaldi FJ, Ogle LG, Romano RR. 1992. Alkylphenol ethoxylates in the environment. J Am Oil Chemists Soc 69:695-703.
6. Ahel M, Giger W, Koch M. 1994. Behavior of alkylphenol polyethoxylate surfactants in the aquatic environment. I. Occurrence and transformation in sewage treatment. Water Res 28:1131-1142.
7. 14C ring-labeled nonylphenol ethoxylate in river water and activated sludge. Proceedings, 17th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA, November 17-21, p 102.
8. Marcomini A, Capel PD, Lichtensteiger T, Brunner PH, Giger W. 1989. Behavior of aromatic surfactants and PCBs in sludge-treated soil and landfills. J Environ Qual 18:523-528.
9. Kuchler T. 1995. Behavior of surfactants and their influence on the mobility of organic micropollutants in sandy soils with weak sorptive capacities. PhD thesis. University of Potsdam, Postdam, Germany.
10. Williams JB, Blessing RL, Varineau PT. 1996. Aerobic degradation of nonylphenol ether carboxylates and octylphenol ether carboxylates. Proceedings, 17th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA, p 102.
11. Lee C. 1996. Ready biodegradability: OECD 30IF manometric respirometry test. Project 19879A. Final Project Report. Exxon Biomedical Sciences, East Millstone, NJ, USA.
12. McLeese V, Zitko DW, Metcalfe CD, Sergeant DB. 1980a. Lethality of Aminocarb and the components of Aminocarb formulation to juvenile Atlantic salmon, marine invertebrates, and a freshwater clam. Chemosphere 9:79-82.
13. McLeese DW, Zitko V, Sergeant DB, Burridge L, Metcalfe CD, 1981. Lethality and accumulation of alkylphenols in aquatic fauna. Chemosphere 10:723-730.
14. Dorn PB, Salanitro JP, Evans SH, Kravetz L. 1993. Assessing the aquatic hazard of some linear and branched nonionic surfactants by biodegradation and toxicity. Environ Toxicol Chem 12:1751-1762.
15. Brooke LT. 1993. Acute and chronic toxicity of nonylphenol to ten species of aquatic organisms. EPA 68 C-0034. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN.
16. Holcombe GW, Phipps GL, Knuth ML, Felhaber T. 1984. The acute toxicity of selected substituted phenols, benzenes and benzoic acid esters to fathead minnows Pimephales promelas. Environ Pollut Ser A Ecol Biol 35:367-381.
17. Analytical Bio Chemistry. 1984. Dynamic 96-hour acute toxicity of octylphenol to fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Report 31910. Analytical Bio Chemistry Laboratories, Columbia, MO, USA.
18. Ward TJ, Boeri RL. 1990. Acute flow through toxicity of nonylphenol to the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus. Final Report. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC, USA.
19. Lussier S, Champlin D, LiVolsi J, Poucher S, Pruell R, Thursby G. 1996. Acute toxicity of 4-nonylphenoI to saltwater animals. Proceedings, 17th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA, November 17-21, p 196.
20. Brooke LT 1993. Nonylphenol toxicity. EPA 68 C-0034. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN.
21. Ward TJ, Boeri RL. 1991. Early life stage toxicity of nonylphenol to the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. Final Report. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.
22. McAllister WA, McLain T, Schuster L. 1986. Early life stage toxicity of para-tert-octylphenol to rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in a flow-through system. Report 34452. Analytical Bio Chemistry Laboratories, Columbia, MO, USA.
23. White R, Jobling S, Hoare SA, Sumpter JP, Parker MG. 1994. Environmentally persistent alkylphenolic compounds are estrogenic. Endocrinology 135:175-182.
24. Jobling S, Sheahan D, Osborne JA, Matthiessen P, Sumpter JP. 1996. Inhibition of testicular growth in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to estrogenic alkylphenolic chemicals. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:194-202.
25. Harries JE, Jobling S, Matthiessen P, Sheahan DA, Sumpter JP. 1995. Effects of trace organics on fish. Phase 2. Foundation for Water Research. Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries, Fisheries Laboratory Burnham-on-Crouch and the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.
26. Sumpter JP, Jobling S. 1995. Vitellogenesis as a biomarker for estrogenic contamination of the aquatic environment. Environ Health Perspect 103:173-178.
27. Jobling S, Sumpter JP 1993. Detergent components in sewage effluent are weakly oestrogenic to fish: An in vitro study using rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes. Aquat Toxicol 27:361-372.
28. Comber MHI. Williams TD, Stewart KM. 1993. The effects of nonylphenol on Daphnia magna. Water Res 27:273-276.
29. Huels AG. 1992. Acute and chronic toxicity of nonylphenol to Daphnia magna. DK-522, DL-143. Final Study Report. Marl, Germany.
30. Analytical Bio Chemistry. 1984. Dynamic 48-hour acute toxicity of octylphenol to Daphnia magna. Report 31912. Analytical BioChemistry Laboratories, Columbia, MO, USA.
31. England DC, Bussard JB. 1994. Toxicity of nonylphenol to the amphipod Hyallela azteca (Saussure). Final Report 41569. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.
32. England DC, Bussard JB. 1993. Toxicity of nonylphenol to the midge Chironomus tenions. Final Report 40597. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.
33. Ward TJ, Boeri RL. 1990. Acute flow through toxicity of nonylphenol to the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia. Final Report. Chemical Manufacturers Association. Washington DC.
34. Forbis AD. 1988. Chronic toxicity of octylphenol [4-(1,1,3,3-tetramelhylbutyl) phenol] to Daphnia magno under flow-through test conditions. Report 36195, Analytical Bio Chemistry Laboratories, Columbia, MO, USA.
35. Kahl MD, Ankley GT, Kosian PA, Makynen EA. 1996. Toxicity of p-nonylphenol in a life-cycle test with the freshwater macroinvertebrate, Chironomus tentans. Proceedings, 17th Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington, DC, USA, November 17-21, p 102.
36. Ward TJ, Boeri RL. 1991. Chronic toxicity of nonylphenol to the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia. Final Report. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC, USA.
37. Granmo A, Ekelund R, Magnusson K, Berggren M. 1989. Lethal and sublethal toxicity of 4-nonylphenol to the common mussel (Mytilus edulis L.). Environ Pollut 59:115-127.
38. Granmo A, Eklund R, Berggren M, Magnusson K. 1991. Toxicity of 4-nonylphenol to aquatic organisms and potential for bioaccumulation. Proceedings, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Seminar on Nonylphenol Ethoxylates/Nonylphenol, Saltsjobaden, Sweden, February 6-8, pp 53-75.
39. Versteeg DJ. 1990. Comparison of short- and long-term toxicity results for the green alga, Selenastrum capricornutum. In Wang W, Gorsuch JW, Lower WR, eds, Plants for Toxicity Assessment. STP 1091. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, pp 40-48.
40. Ward TJ, Boeri RL. 1990. Acute static toxicity of nonylphenol to the freshwater alga, Selenastrum capricornutum. Final Report, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC, USA.
41. Forbis AD, Lori G, Burgess D. 1984. Acute toxicity of octylphenol to Selenastrum capricornutum Printz. Final Report 31913. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.
42. Ward TJ, Boeri RL. 1990. Acute static toxicity of nonylphenol to the marine alga, Skeletonema costatum. Final Report. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.
43. Trocme M, Tarradellas J, Vedy JC. 1988. Biotoxicity and persistence of nonylphenol during incubation in a compost-sandstone mixture. Biol Fertil Soils 5:299-303.
44. Chemical Inspection and Testing Institute. 1992. Biodegradation and bioaccumulation data of existing chemicals based on the CSCL Japan. Chemical Inspection and Testing Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
45. McLeese DW, Sergeant DB, Metcalfe CD, Zitko V, Burridge L. 1980. Uptake and excretion of aminocarb, nonylphenol, and pesticide diluent 585 by mussels (Mytilus edulis). Bull Environ Contarn Toxicol 24:575-581.
46. Ekelund R, Bergman A, Granmo A, Berggren M. 1990. Bioaccumulation of 4-nonylphenol in marine animals - A re-evaluation. Environ Pollut 64:107-120.
47. Granmo A, Kollberg S. 1976. Uptake pathways and elimination of a nonionic surfactant in cod (Gadus morrhua L.). Water Res 10:189-194.
48. Ward TJ, Boeri RL. 1991. Bioconcentration test with nonylphenol and the fathead minnow Pimephales promelas. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.
49. Ahel M, McEvoy J, Giger W. 1993. Bioaccumulation of the lipophilic metabolites of nonionic surfactants in freshwater organisms. Environ Pollut 79:243-248.
50. Liber K, Gangl JA, Corry TD, Heinis LJ, Stay FS. 1999. Lethality and bioaccumulation of 4-nonylphenol in bluegill sunfish in littoral enclosures. Environ Toxicol Chem (in press).
51. Lewis SK, Lech JJ. 1996. Uptake, disposition, and persistence of nonylphenol in rainbow trout. Xenobiotica 26:813-819.
52. 14C-nonylphenol isomers by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): In vivo and in vitro microsomal metabolites. Xenobiolica 26:1167-1180.
53. Wahlberg C, Renberg L, Widequist U. 1990. Determination of nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates as their pentafluorobenzoates in water, sewage sludge and biota. Chemosphere 20:179-195.
54. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1985a. Hazard Evaluation Division, Standard evaluation procedure: acute toxicity test for freshwater invertebrates. EPA-540/9-85-005, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, Washington, DC.
55. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1985b. Hazard Evaluation Division, Standard evaluation procedure: acute toxicity test for freshwater fish. EPA-540/9-85-006, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs, Washington, DC.
56. Desbrow C, Routledge E, Sheehan D, Waldcock M, Sumpter JP. 1996. The identification and assessment of oestrogenic substances in sewage treatment works effluent. Report prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries, Fisheries Laboratory Burnham-on-Crouch and the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.
57. Harries JE, Sheahan DA, Jobling S, Matthiessen P, Neall P, Sumpter JP, Tylor T, Zaman N. 1997. Estrogenic activity in five United Kingdom rivers detected by measurement of vitellogenesis in caged male trout. Environ Toxicol Chem 16:534-542.
58. Gray MA, Metcalfe CD. 1997. Induction of testis-ova in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to p-nonylphenol. Environ Toxicol Chem 16:1082-1086.
59. Blackburn MA, Waldcock MJ. 1995. Concentrations of alkylphenols in rivers and estuaries in England and Wales. Water Res 29:1623-1629.
60. Crisp TM. 1997. Special report on environmental endocrine disruption: An effects assessment and analysis. EPA/630/R-96/012. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
61. Analytical Bio Chemistry. 1984. Dynamic 14-Day Acute toxicity of octylphenol to rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Report #31911, Analytical Bio Chemistry Laboratories, Columbia, MO, USA.
62. England DE. 1995. Chronic toxicity of NPE 1.5 to Ceriodaphnia dubia. Analytical Bio Chemistry Laboratories. Final Report 41766. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.
63. England DE. 1995. Chronic toxicity of nonylphenol to Ceriodaphnia dubia. Analytical Bio Chemistry Laboratories. Final Report 41756. Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC.