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Chemical and biological data from acute toxicity tests with road dust suppressant chemicals and five freshwater organisms

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2009-04-10
End Date
2014-01-06

Citation

Kunz, B.K., Little, E.E., Barandino, V.L. Jr., and Iacchetta, M.G., 2021, Chemical and biological data from acute toxicity tests with road dust suppressant chemicals and five freshwater organisms: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VK2LLO.

Summary

Dust suppressants and soil stabilizer products are applied to unpaved roads worldwide to reduce dust production and stabilize road surfaces. Although these products may enter roadside surface water through runoff or leaching, little information is available on environmental fate or aquatic toxicity. The data reported here include the acute toxicity of 27 dust suppressant/soil stabilizer products to juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and the acute toxicity of selected products to fatmucket mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea), virile crayfish (Faxonius virilis), pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis), and larval gray treefrogs (Dryophytes versicolor). Selected products were also tested after exposure to simulated weathering under UV radiation [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Bethany K Kunz
Originator :
Bethany K Kunz, Edward E Little, Vincent L Barandino, Jr., Michael G Iacchetta
Metadata Contact :
CERC Data Managers
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Columbia Environmental Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Chemical_ biological_data_dust_suppressant_exposure_bioassays_5_aquatic_organims.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		58.84 KB application/fgdc+xml
Products.txt 2.67 KB text/plain
Summary of survival.txt 46.44 KB text/plain
WAF summary of survival.txt 2.36 KB text/plain
WAF water quality characteristics.txt 21.89 KB text/plain
Water quality characteristics.txt 226.37 KB text/plain

Purpose

The biological and water quality data were used to evaluate the toxicity of the dust suppressant products to aquatic organisms and to examine the influence of product type and exposure to UV-radiation on product toxicity. These results fill gaps related to the potential environmental effects of road dust suppressant application and will be used by federal land management agencies and other road managers to compare the aquatic toxicity of products being considered for use.

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