ASTM E 1023 : 1984 : R2002
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Standard Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
Hardcopy , PDF
11-11-2014
English
09-28-1984
CONTAINED IN VOL. 11.06, 2015 Defines a stepwise process for using information concerning the biological, chemical, physical, and toxicological properties of a material to identify adverse effects likely to occur to aquatic organisms and their uses as a result of release of the material to the environment.
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E 47
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Guide
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17
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Reconfirmed 2002
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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Superseded
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1.1 This guide describes a stepwise process for using information concerning the biological, chemical, physical, and toxicological properties of a material to identify adverse effects likely to occur to aquatic organisms and their uses as a result of release of the material to the environment. The material will usually be a specific chemical, although it might be a group of chemicals that have very similar biological, chemical, physical, and toxicological properties and are usually produced, used, and discarded together.
1.2 The hazard assessment process is complex and requires decisions at a number of points; thus, the validity of a hazard assessment depends on the soundness of those decisions, as well as the accuracy of the information used. All decisions should be based on reasonable worst-case analyses so that an appropriate assessment can be completed for the least cost that is consistent with scientific validity.
1.3 This guide assumes that the reader is knowledgeable in aquatic toxicology and related pertinent areas. A list of general references is provided
1.4 This guide does not describe or reference detailed procedures for estimating or measuring environmental concentrations, or procedures for determining the maximum concentration of test material that is acceptable in the food of predators of aquatic life. However, this guide does describe how such information should be used when assessing the hazard of a material to aquatic organisms and their uses.
1.5 Because assessment of hazard to aquatic organisms and their uses is a relatively new activity within aquatic toxicology, most of the guidance provided herein is qualitative rather than quantitative. When possible, confidence limits should be calculated and taken into account.
1.6 This guide provides guidance for assessing hazard but does not provide guidance on how to take into account social considerations in order to judge the acceptability of the hazard. Judgments concerning acceptability are social as well as scientific, and are outside the scope of this guide.
1.7 This guide is arranged as follows:
Section | |
Referenced Documents | |
Descriptions of Terms Specific to This Standard | |
Summary of Guide | |
Significance and Use | |
Four Basic Concepts | |
The Iteration | |
The Two Elements | |
The Possible Decisions | |
The Phased Approach | |
Phase I-Use of Low-Cost (Existing) Information | |
Collection of Available Data | |
Initial Estimates of Environmental Concentrations | |
Initial Estimate of Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms | |
Initial Estimate of Bioaccumulation by Aquatic Organ-isms | |
Phase I Hazard Assessment | |
Phase II-Use of Medium-Cost Information | |
Improved Estimates of Environmental Concentrations | |
Acute Toxicity to Aquatic Animals | |
Toxicity to Algae | |
Expansion of Short-Term Testing | |
Bioaccumulation | |
Phase II Hazard Assessment | |
Phase III-Use of High-Cost Information | |
Refined Estimates of Environmental Concentrations | |
Chronic Toxicity to Aquatic Animals | |
Use of Acute-Chronic Ratios | |
Toxicity to Aquatic Plants | |
Bioconcentration | |
Bioaccumulation from Food | |
Phase III Hazard Assessment | |
Appendixes | |
Production, Use, Disposal, and Other Release | |
Biological Considerations | |
Chemical Considerations | |
Physical Considerations | |
Toxicological Considerations | |
Estimating Environmental Concentrations | |
Selection of Test Species | |
Long-Term Toxicity Tests |
1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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ASTM E 1415 : 1991 : R2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Static Toxicity Tests With <i>Lemna gibba</i> G3 (Withdrawn 2021) |
ASTM E 1242 : 1997 : R2014 | Standard Practice for Using Octanol-Water Partition Coefficient to Estimate Median Lethal Concentrations for Fish Due to Narcosis |
ASTM E 2552 : 2016 | Standard Guide for Assessing the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of New Compounds for Military Use |
ASTM E 2455 : 2006 : R2013 | Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Toxicity Tests with Freshwater Mussels (Withdrawn 2022) |
ASTM E 1241 : 2005 : R2013 | Standard Guide for<brk type="line"/> Conducting Early Life-Stage Toxicity Tests with Fishes (Withdrawn 2022) |
ASTM E 1498 : 1992 : R2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Sexual Reproduction Tests with Seaweeds (Withdrawn 2021) |
ASTM E 2590 : 2015 | Standard Guide for Conducting Hazard Analysis-Critical Control Point (HACCP) Evaluations |
ASTM E 2122 : 2002 : R2013 | Standard Guide for Conducting In-situ Field Bioassays With Caged Bivalves (Withdrawn 2022) |
ASTM E 1562 : 2000 : R2013 | Standard Guide for Conducting Acute, Chronic, and Life-Cycle Aquatic Toxicity Tests with Polychaetous Annelids |
ASTM E 1218 : 2004 : R2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Static Toxicity Tests with Microalgae (Withdrawn 2021) |
ASTM E 2317 : 2004 : R2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Renewal Microplate-Based Life-Cycle Toxicity Tests with a Marine Meiobenthic Copepod (Withdrawn 2021) |
ASTM E 1525 : 2002 : R2014 | Standard Guide for Designing Biological Tests with Sediments |
ASTM E 1676 : 2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Laboratory Soil Toxicity or Bioaccumulation Tests with the Lumbricid Earthworm <i>Eisenia Fetida</i> and the Enchytraeid Potworm <i>Enchytraeus albidus</i> |
ASTM E 724 : 1998 : R2012 | Standard Guide for<brk type="line"/> Conducting Static Acute Toxicity Tests Starting with Embryos of Four Species of Saltwater Bivalve Molluscs |
ASTM E 729 : 1996 : R2014 | Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Test Materials with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians |
ASTM E 1841 : 2004 : R2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Renewal Phytotoxicity Tests With Freshwater Emergent Macrophytes (Withdrawn 2021) |
ASTM E 1711 : 2012 | Standard Guide for Measurement of Behavior During Fish Toxicity Tests |
ASTM E 1022 : 1994 : R2013 | Standard Guide for Conducting Bioconcentration Tests with Fishes and Saltwater Bivalve Mollusks (Withdrawn 2022) |
ASTM E 1295 : 2001 : R2013 | Standard Guide for Conducting Three-Brood, Renewal Toxicity Tests with <emph type="ital">Ceriodaphnia dubia</emph><emph type="bold"> |
ASTM E 1439 : 2012 : R2019 | Standard Guide for Conducting the Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus (FETAX) |
ASTM E 1193 : 1997 : R2012 | <i xmlns:a="http://library.astm.org" xmlns="">Daphnia magna</i> |
ASTM E 1563 : 1998 : R2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Static Acute Toxicity Tests with Echinoid Embryos |
ASTM E 1191 : 2003 : REV A : R2014 | Standard Guide for Conducting Life-Cycle Toxicity Tests with Saltwater Mysids |
ASTM E 1611 : 2000 : R2013 | Standard Guide for Conducting Sediment Toxicity Tests with Polychaetous Annelids |
ASTM E 1463 : 1992 : R2012 | Standard Guide for Conducting Static and Flow-Through Acute Toxicity Tests With Mysids From the West Coast of the United States (Withdrawn 2021) |
ASTM E 1849 : 1996 : R2013 | Standard Guide for Fish and Wildlife Incident Monitoring and Reporting (Withdrawn 2022) |
ASTM D 1129 : 2013 : REDLINE | Standard Terminology Relating to Water |
IEEE/ASTM SI_10-2010 | American National Standard for Metric Practice |
ASTM E 729 : 1996 | Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Test Materials with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians |
ASTM E 1022 : 1994 | Standard Guide for Conducting Bioconcentration Tests with Fishes and Saltwater Bivalve Mollusks |
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