Acute and chronic aquatic toxicity of ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO) to freshwater organisms

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 749-756

  Colombo, Ilaria ^a   Wolf, Watze de ^b   Thompson, Roy S ^c   Farrar, David G ^d   Hoke, Robert A ^b   L'Haridon, Jacques ^e  

^a Solvay Solexis   (Italy)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d Ineos Manufacturing Scotland Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e CIT   (France)

Author keywords

Acute; Algae; APFO; Chronic; Daphnia; Fish; Perfluorooctanoate; PFOA; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; FLUOROELASTOMER; FLUOROPOLYMER; OCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE AMMONIUM; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; GREEN ALGA; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY TEST; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBACAPITATA; RAINBOW TROUT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUOROCARBONS; FRESH WATER; OCTANOIC ACIDS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 53249125061     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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