OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 221: Lemna sp. Growth Inhibition Test


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This Test Guideline is designed to assess the toxicity of substances to freshwater aquatic plants of the genus Lemna (duckweed). Exponentially growing plant cultures of the genus Lemna (Lemna gibba and Lemna minor usually) are allowed to grow as ...




OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 201: Freshwater Alga and Cyanobacteria, Growth Inhibition Test


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The purpose of this test is to determine the effects of a substance on the growth of freshwater microalgae and/or cyanobacteria. Exponentially growing test organisms are exposed to the test substance in batch cultures over a period of normally 72 ...







OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 215: Fish, Juvenile Growth Test


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This Test Guideline is designed to assess the effects of prolonged exposure to chemicals on the growth of juvenile fish. Juvenile fish in exponential growth phase are placed, after being weighed, in test chambers and are normally exposed to five ...




OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 202: Daphnia sp. Acute Immobilisation Test


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This Test Guideline describes an acute toxicity test to assess effects of chemicals towards daphnids (usually Daphnia magna Staus). Young daphnids, aged less than 24 hours at the start of the test, are exposed to the test substance at a range of ...




OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 210: Fish, Early-life Stage Toxicity Test


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The test method described in this Test Guideline, is intended to define the lethal and sub-lethal effects of chemicals on the early life stages of the species tested. The early-life stages of fish are exposed to five concentrations of the test ...




OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 208: Terrestrial Plant Test: Seedling Emergence and Seedling Growth Test


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This Test Guideline is designed to assess effects on seedling emergence and early growth of higher plants following exposure to the test substance applied to the soil surface or into the soil. Seeds are placed in contact with soil treated with the ...







OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 241: The Larval Amphibian Growth and Development Assay (LAGDA)


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This Test Guideline describes the Medaka Extended One Generation Test (MEOGRT), which exposes fish over multiple generations to give data relevant to ecological hazard and risk assessment of chemicals, including suspected endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). Exposure in the MEOGRT starts with ...




OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 Test No. 227: Terrestrial Plant Test: Vegetative Vigour Test


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This Test Guideline is designed to assess effects on vegetative vigour of terrestrial plants following above-ground exposure by general chemicals, biocides and crop protection products. The test can be conducted in order to determine the ...