Accession Number:

ADA183369

Title:

Water Quality Criteria for Disperse Red 9

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB TN

Personal Author(s):

• Davidson, Kowetha A.
• Hovatter, Patricia S.

Report Date:

1987-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

86.0

Abstract:

The available data on the environmental fate, aquatic toxicity, and mammalian toxicity of Disperse Red 9 1-methylaminoanthraquinone, an organic dye used in pyrotechnic smoke signals, were reviewed. The USEPA guidelines were used in an attempt to generate water quality criteria for the protection of aquatic life and its uses and of human health. No data are available concerning the toxic effects of Disperse Red 9 on aquatic organisms therefore, a Criterion Maximum Concentration and a Criterion Continuous Concentration cannot be calculated. Toxicity studies following the USEPA guidelines are recommended. Because non-threshold and threshold toxicity data were insufficient, a water quality criterion for the protection of human health could not be calculated according to the USEPA guidelines.

Descriptors:

• *TOXICITY
• *WATER POLLUTION
• *DYES
• *WATER QUALITY
• *PYROTECHNICS
• MAMMALS
• HUMANS
• HEALTH
• SMOKE SCREENS
• THRESHOLD EFFECTS
• RED(COLOR)
• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
• SIGNALS
• ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
• PROTECTION
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• AQUATIC ORGANISMS
• SMOKE GENERATORS
• WATER SOLUBLE MATERIALS

Subject Categories:

• Pyrotechnics
• Water Pollution and Control
• Environmental Health and Safety

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE