Water Quality
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Fluoride
Table 5.6 Fresh Water Aquatic Life non-LC50 Data for Temperature vs. Fluoride
Temp. in °C
Fluoride in mg/L
Reference
Conditions
Organisms
23.8
_
Angelovic et al., 1961b
fish died from high temperature, no LC50 calculated
Onchorhynchus mykiss rainbow trout
13.8
226
Holland et al., 1960
1 fish died in 35-h
Silver Salmon
25
5-40
Kaplan et al., 1964
hardness 12*, no deaths
Rana pipiens, frog
50
hardness 12*, 5% died in 30-d
100
hardness 12*, 25% died in 30-d
150
hardness 12*, 35% died in 30-d
200
hardness 12*, 63% died in 30-d
250
hardness 12*, 100% died in 30-d
300
hardness 12*, 100% died in 24-d
* Estimated value, see Table 5.4. Oncorhynchus-rainbow trout. NaF used.