From: Suitable test substances for proof of concept regarding infochemical effects in surface waters
 | DEET | Reference | Icaridine | Reference | EBAAP | Reference | Isophorone | Reference |
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CAS | 134-62-3 | Â | 119515-38-7 | Â | 52304-36-6 | Â | 78-59-1 | Â |
Infochemical potential | Insect repellent, PT19 biocide | [19] | Insect repellent, PT19 biocide | [19] | Insect repellent, PT19 biocide | [19] | Natural attractant and anthropogenic HPV solvent (host recognition) | [5] |
Water solubility | 11.2 g/L | [29] | 8.2 g/L | [29] | 70 g/L | [29] | 14.5 g/L | [30] |
 |  | 10.6 g/L | [29] |  |  | 12 g/L | [30] | |
Log K ow | 2.4 | [29] | 2.23 | [29] | 1.7 | [29] | 1.67 | [30] |
2.18 | [26] | 2.57 | [24] | 1.51 (calculated) | [24] | 1.66 | [30] | |
 |  |  |  |  |  | 1.73 | [30] | |
Henry constant | 3.93 Ă— 10−3 | [29] | 9.1 Ă— 10−4 | [29] | 4.61 Ă— 10−4 (calculated) | [29] | 6.73 Ă— 10−1 | [24] |
2.10 Ă— 10−3 (calculated) | [24] | 3.01 Ă— 10−6 (calculated) | [24] | 5.36 Ă— 10−5 (calculated) | [24] |  |  | |
Degradability | Not persistent | [29] | Potentially persistent | [29] | Not persistent | [29] | Persistent | [26] |
Persistent | [26] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Readily biodegradable | [29] | Not readily biodegradable | [29] | Not readily biodegradable | [29] | 95% (readily) biodegradable | [30] | |
0% biodegradable | [26] | Not inherently biodegradable | [29] | Readily biodegradable (calculated) | [24] | Inherently biodegradable | [30] | |
Not biodegradable | [28] | Readily biodegradable | [28] | Â | Â | 1.5% biodegradable | [26] | |
Not readily biodegradable (calculated) | [24] | Not readily biodegradable (calculated) | [24] | Â | Â | Not readily biodegradable (calculated) | [24] | |
Minor hydrolysis | [29] | Hydrolytically stable | [29] | Minor hydrolysis | [29] | Hydrolysis not relevant | [30] | |
Calculated compartmental distribution with the level III fugacity model of EpiSuite 4.1 | Â | [24] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Water | 18.6% |  | 20.1% |  | 23.5% |  | 27.4% |  |
  Sediment | 0.137% |  | 0.102% |  | 0.078% |  | 0.137% |  |
  Soil | 81.1% |  | 79.8% |  | 76.4% |  | 72.4% |  |
  Air | 0.126% |  | 0.00056% |  | 0.0101% |  | 0.109% |  |
Monitoring | 0.6 to 2.33 μg/L (STP effluent) | [25] | 0.6 to 1 μg/L (STP influent) < 0.1 μg/L (STP effluent) | [25] |  |  | <0.5 μg/L (detection limit) | [39] |
0.02 to 1.13 μg/L (stream) | [42] | <0.1 to 2.2 μg/L | [44] |  |  | <0.1 μg/L (background), 10 μg/L (exposure) | [30] | |
8 to 3000 ng/L | [37] | 0 to 0.01 μg/L | [41] |  |  | 0.65 to 9.1 ng/L (lake) | [34] | |
≤3 μg/L | [28] |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
<0.08 to 6.9 μg/L | [44] |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
<0.4 to 454 ng/L (ground water) | [40] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
0.06 μg/L (surface water) | [43] |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
0.03 μg/L (drinking water) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
0.05 to 20 μg/L (STP influent) | [35] |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
0.02 to 15 μg/L (STP effluent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
0.007 to 33.4 μg/L (surface water USA) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
0.002 to 1.3 μg/L (surface water) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
13 to 660 ng/L (surface water, median of 188 samples; 55 ng/L) | [36] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Approximately 0.03 μg/L (range, 0.005 to 0.2 μg/L) | [38] |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
0 to 0.1 μg/L | [41] |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
29 to 52 ng/L (lake) | [34] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
64 to 245 ng/L | [27] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
PNEC | 0.043 mg/L | [27] | 0.31 mg/L | [29] | Not toxic to the aquatic environment | [29] | 0.089 mg/L | [30] |
0.076 mg/L | [28] | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Aquatic toxicities | 96 h LC50 97 mg/L (Danio rerio) | [29] | 96 h LC50 169.4 mg/L (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | [29] | 96 h LC50 >100 mg/L (Danio rerio) | [29] | 96 h LC50 140 mg/L (Cyprinodon variegatus) | [30] |
96 h LC50 110 mg/L (Pimephales promelas) | [32] | 32 d NOEC 3.14 mg/L (Danio rerio) | [29] | 48 h LC50 >100 mg/L (Daphnia magna) | [29] | 96 h EC50 217 mg/L, LC50 228 mg/L (Pimephales promelas) | [30] | |
96 h LC50 71 mg/L (Oncorhynchus mykiss) | [33] | 48 h LC50 >103 mg/L (Daphnia magna) | [29] | 72 h LC50 >100 mg/L (Desmodesmus subspicatus) | [29] | 32 d NOEC 4.2 mg/L (Pimephales promelas) | [30] | |
51 h LC50 75 mg/L (Daphnia magna) | [29] | 21 d NOEC 49.25 mg/L (Daphnia magna) | [29] | Â | Â | 35 d NOEC 11 mg/L, LOEC 19 mg/L (Pimephales promelas) | [30] | |
96 h LC50 100 mg/L (Gammarus fasciatus) | [31] | 72 h ErC50 87.3 mg/L, NOEC 54.8 mg/L (Scenedesmus subspicatus) | [29] | Â | Â | 48 h NOEC 15 mg/L, LC50 120 mg/L (Daphnia magna) | [30] | |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 72 h EC10 64 mg/L, EC50 475 mg/L (Scenedesmus subspicatus) | [30] |