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. 2018 Mar 22;16(3):e05208. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5208

Table 6.

Risk characterisation (PEC/PNEC ratio) for the freshwater compartment

Taxa PECsurfacewater (μg/L) E(L,r)C50/NOEC (mg/L) UF PNEC (μg/kg) PEC/PNEC

Algae

Scenedesmus subspicatus

31 100 1,000 100 0.31

Aquatic invertebrates

Daphnia magna

118 1,000 118 0.26

Fish

Oncorynchus mykiss

124 1,000 124 0.25

PEC: predicted environmental concentration; E(L)C50: half‐maximal effective (lethal) concentration; ErC50: effect concentration measured as 50% reduction in growth rate in algae tests; NOEC: no observed effect concentration; UF: uncertainty factor; PNEC: predicted no effect concentration.