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| Title | Water quality criteria for nitrocellulose. Final report |
| Creator/Author | Ryon, M.G. |
| Publication Date | 1986 Jun 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5683896; Legacy ID: DE86012039 |
| Report Number(s) | ORNL-6179 |
| DOE Contract Number | AC05-84OR21400 |
| Other Number(s) | Other: ON: DE86012039 |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
| Research Org | Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA) |
| Subject | 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; HABITAT; NITROCELLULOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; TOXICITY; ALGAE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE ESTERS; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES; ESTERS; EXPLOSIVES; NITRIC ACID ESTERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SACCHARIDES; VERTEBRATES |
| Description/Abstract | Based on available data for four species of mcroinvertebrates, four species of fish, and three species of algae, nitrocellulose does not appear to be very toxic for most aquatic species. In the majority of evaluations the EC/sub 50/ and LC/sub 50/ values were >1000 mg/L. Only for the effect on the chlorophyll a content of Selenastrum caprecornutum was a lower value estimated, an EC/sub 50/ of 579 mg/L (Bentley et al. 1977). The available data on the human health effects and mammalian toxicity of nitrocellulose generally suggest that it is virtually nontoxic. The acute toxicity data indicated LD/sub 50/ values in excess of 5000 mg/kg. However, nitrocellulose does appear to produce significant abiotic environmental effects when released from Army Ammunition Plants. Because of its fibrous nature, nitrocellulose would tend to blanket benthic habitats (perhaps depriving organisms of oxygen) and fill in interstitial spaces used as cover for benthic invertebrates and substrates for periphyton. This potential for habitat alteraction is further compounded by the apparent resistance of released nitrocellulose to environmental degradation. When contrasted to the low toxicity of the compound, this habitat alteration becomes a significant aspect of regulatory control. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: 82 |
| Availability | NTIS, PC A05/MF A01. |
| System Entry Date | 2008 Feb 07 |
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