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Table 2 Calculated EC50 values of reproduction and growth inhibition with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (in parentheses) from the tests with Lumbriculus variegatus (please note that the values are given in g/kg and not in mg/kg as usual)

From: Micropollutant-loaded powdered activated carbon released from waste water treatment plants: a risk for sediment-dwelling organisms?

Test substance

EC50 reproduction inhibition

EC50 growth inhibition

PACnative

1.8 g/kg (1.6 to 2.0)

1.7 g/kg (1.6 to 1.8)

PACDCF

3.0 g/kg (n.d.)

2.5 g/kg (2.1 to 2.9)

PACWWTP

n.d.

n.d.

  1. n.d. not determinable