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Table 1 Studies combining leaching tests and bioassays

From: Evaluation of the impact of construction products on the environment by leaching of possibly hazardous substances

Sample type

Leaching test fraction for bioassay water quality

Test species and standard for bioassays

Resultsa

Literature source

Two PAC (waterproof layer)

Column percolation

Fraction for bioassays selected according to total organic carbon content

Drinking water

Vibrio fischeri

DIN ISO 11348-2

No toxicity observed

Wagner [63]

Desmodesmus subspicatus

DIN 38412-33

PAC1: LID > 16

PAC2: LID > 1024

PVC/PU floor

EN 12457-4

One-stage batch L/S 10 L/kg

Deionized water

Daphnia magna

ISO 6341:1996

EC50, 24 h = 71 g/L

EC50, 48 h = 52 g/L

Lithner et al. [74]

HDPE, MDPE, ABS, PVC, PP water pipes

Batch test 72 h, L/S 6–15 L/kg

Deionized water

Daphnia magna

ISO 6341:1996

No toxicity observed

Lithner et al. [74]

Recycled polypropylene/wood composites

EN 12457-1

One-stage batch

Deionized water

Vibrio fischeri

DF50 > 2 (i.e., 50% eluate in test samples)

Sudár et al. [61]

Four anti-corrosion coatings based on epoxy resins

Coatings were cured before testing for 1 or 7 days

Non-standardized tank test, continuous turbulence of the eluent

Ultrapure water

Aliivibrio fischeri bioluminescence, Microtox assay

Product 1: LID1 day 1282; LID7 days 171

Product 2: LID1 day < 2; LID7 days 2

Product 3: LID1 day 4; LID7 days 8

Product 4: no toxicity observed

Vermeirssen et al. [44]

Pseudokirchnerialla subcapitata

Photosynthesis, growth rate

Product 1: no toxicity observed

Product 2: no toxicity observed

Product 3: LID1 day 4; LID7 days 10

Product 4: no toxicity observed

Ceriodaphnia dubia

ISO/CD 20665 and AFNOR T90-376

Product 1: LID1 day 5; LID7 days 8

Product 2: LID1 day 2; LID7 days 22

Product 3: LID1 day 10; LID7 days 67

Product 4: LID1 day 3; LID7 days 2

Organic render containing either free or encapsulated biocides (terbutryn, OIT, DCOIT) compared to render without biocides

EN 16105 (intermittent water contact), eluates from 1st and 9th immersion cycle

Deionized water

Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

Photosynthesis, growth rate

Free: 1st: EC50 = 630 9th: EC50 = 120

Encapsulated: 1st: EC50 = 130 9th: EC50 = 30

Burkhardt et al. [75]

Aliivibrio fischeri bioluminescence

Free: 1st: EC50 = 58 9th: EC50 = 4.6

Encapsulated: 1st: EC50 = 5.0 9th: no toxicity observed

Ceriodaphnia dubia

ISO/CD 20665 and AFNOR T90-376

Free: 1st: EC50 = 21 9th: EC50 = 7.0

Encapsulated: 1st: EC50 = 6.5 9th: no toxicity observed

Eisenia fetida

ISO 17512-1

No toxicity observed

Folsomia fimetaria

OECD 232

No toxicity observed

Three reactive flame-proof coatings

CEN/TS 16337-2

DSLT

Fraction 1 + 2

Fraction 7

Deionized water

Danio rerio

DIN EN ISO 15088

No toxicity observed

Heisterkamp et al. [30]

umu-Test ISO 13829

No genotoxicity observed

Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

ISO 8692

Fraction 1 + 2: P1: LID = 16; P2: LID = 2, P3: LID = 3

Fraction 7: P1: LID = 32; P2: LID = 1, P3: LID = 8

Daphnia magna

DIN EN ISO 6341

Fraction 7: P1: LID = 6

Other fractions: no toxicity observed

Vibrio fischeri

DIN EN ISO 11348-2

Fraction 1 + 2: P1: LID = 24, P2 and P3 no toxicity

Fraction 7: P1: LID = 256, P2: LID = 16, P3: LID = 12

EPDM

SBR

EL

E DIN 1957/DIN 19529

Batch test L/S = 2 L/kg

Ultrapure water

Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata ISO 8692

EPDM, SBR, EL: LID = 33

Krüger et al. [62]

Daphnia magna ISO 6341

EPDM: LID > 243; SBR: LID = 27; El: LID > 28

Four complete artificial turf systems

DIN 19528 column percolation test

Ultrapure water

Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata ISO 8692

P1 and P3: LID = 10

P2 and P4: LID = 3

Krüger et al. [62]

Daphnia magna

ISO 6341

P1 and P4: LID = 9

P2: LID = 27

P3: no toxicity observed

  1. PAC polyacrylate, PVC polyvinyl chloride, PU polyurethane, HDPE high-density polyethylene, MDPE medium-density polyethylene, ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, PP polypropylene, OIT 2-octyl-3(2H)-isothiazolinone, DCOIT 4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolino-3-one, EPDM ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, SBR styrene butadiene rubber, EL elastic layer
  2. aEC50 concentration, that causes 50% effect, LID lowest ineffective dilution, DF50 eluate dilution that causes 50% effect eluate is diluted to obtain dose response curves, DF50 is derived from this curve