Comparative acute freshwater hazard assessment and preliminary PNEC development for eight fluorinated acids

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 725-733

  Hoke, Robert A ^a   Bouchelle, Laurie D ^a   Ferrell, Barbra D ^a   Buck, Robert C ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquatic toxicity; Daphnia; Fish; Fluorinated acids; PNEC

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; FISH; RISK PERCEPTION; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; TOXICITY; WATER;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; FLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PNEC; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

2H DODECAFLUORO 2 OCTENOIC ACID; 2H HEXADECAFLUORO 2 DECENOIC ACID; 2H,2H,3H,3H PENTADECAFLUORO DECANOIC ACID; 2H,2H,3H,3H UNDECAFLUORO OCTANOIC ACID; CARBON; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; HEPTADECAFLUOROOCTYL ETHANOIC ACID; N PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; N PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID; TRIDECAFLUOROHEXYL ETHANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR; SALMONID; TOXIC MATERIAL; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREEN ALGA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; RAINBOW TROUT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 84858619143     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.066     Document Type: Article

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