Leachates from plastic consumer products - Screening for toxicity with Daphnia magna

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1195-1200

  Lithner, Delilah ^a   Damberg, Jeanette ^a   Dave, Göran ^a   Larsson, Åke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; CD R; Leaching test; Plasticised PVC; Polyurethane; Toxicity Identification Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; CD-R; LEACHING TEST; PLASTICISED PVC; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION;

COMPACT DISKS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEACHING; LEATHER; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SILVER; SODIUM; TANNING; TESTING;

TOXICITY;

CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LEACHATE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; RESIN; SODIUM; TOXICITY TEST;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DAPHNIA; PLASTICS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 61349152951     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.022     Document Type: Article

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