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Available reliable data on the toxicity of molybdenum to towards the aquatic microbial communities of sewage treatment plants (activated sludge) were collected. There were insufficient useful data for aquatic micro-organisms to apply statistical extrapolation. From the extracted results, two test results were considered relevant for deriving the PNEC for micro-organisms in STPs: the activated sludge test with pure MoO3 (HRC, 1994) and the activated sludge test with sodium molybdate (Stearns, 1985). The lowest reliable observed EC10-value for respiration (inhibition of respiration after a 3h incubation period) using activated sludge was, 216.5 mg Mo/L (HRC, 1994d). 

As the second study resulted in the highest, unbounded NOEC (i. e., > 950 mg/L), the derivation of a PNECmicro-organism is based on the HRC (1994) study. The test was conducted with molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) as test substance.

Key value for chemical safety assessment

EC10 or NOEC for microorganisms:
216.5 mg/L

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