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Table 5.

Toxicity for different classes of surfactants on different test organisms [8].

Test organism	Analyte	Parameter	Mean value (mg/L or mg/kg)
Aquatic organisms
Daphnia magna	DEEDMAC	LC₅₀/24 h	14.8
	TMABr	IC₅₀/24 h	0.14
	BDMAC	IC₅₀/24 h	0.13
	LAS		1.22–13.9^f
	NPEO₉	LC₅₀/48 h	14
	NP		0.19
Dunaliella sp. (green alga)	TMAC	EC₅₀/24 h	0.79
Dunaliella sp. (green alga)	LAS	EC₅₀/24 h	3.5
Salmo gairdneri (rainbow trout)	TMAC		1.21
	LAS		3.63
	AS		33.61
	AES		10.84
	C₁₂EO₆		22.38
	OPEO₆		6.44
Gambusia affinis (mosquito fish)	TMAC		8.24
	AS	EC₅₀/48 h	40.15
	AES	EC₅₀/48 h	13.64
	C₁₂EO₆		29.26
	OPEO₆		9.65
Carassius auratus (gold fish)	TMAC		3.58
	AS		38.04
	AES		12.35
	C₁₂EO₆		28.02
	OPEO₆		9.24

Terrestial organisms
Bush beans, radish, and grasses		NOEC/76 days	27
Potatoes		NOEC/76 days	16
Sorghum	LAS	EC₅₀/21 days	167
Sunflower			289
Mung bean			316

^fData for different homologues of LAS compounds.