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Lethal Concentration 50

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-015614

  1. 1. A concentration of a pollutant or effluent at which 50% of the test organisms die; a common measure of acute toxicity.

    2. Also referred to as LC50, a concentration of a pollutant or effluent at which 50 percent of the test organisms die; a common measure of acute toxicity.

    3. Concentration lethal to 50% of the animals LDLO.

  2. 1. Median level concentration, a standard measure of toxicity. It tells how much of a substance is needed to kill half of a group of experimental organisms in a given time.

    2. A concentration of a pollutant or effluent at which 50% of the test organisms die; a common measure of acute toxicity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-015614
FieldEnvironment
SubjectGeneral environmental; Health and safety
AbbreviationLC 50; LC50
SynonymsLC50
ReferencesEnvironmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary; Terms of Environment; Abbreviation and Acronym List; EPA 2005b; EPA 2005e
Record as JSON 
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    "1. A concentration of a pollutant or effluent at which 50% of the test organisms die; a common measure of acute toxicity.\n\n2. Also referred to as LC50, a concentration of a pollutant or effluent at which 50 percent of the test organisms die; a common measure of acute toxicity.\n\n3. Concentration lethal to 50% of the animals LDLO.",
    "1. Median level concentration, a standard measure of toxicity. It tells how much of a substance is needed to kill half of a group of experimental organisms in a given time.\n\n2. A concentration of a pollutant or effluent at which 50% of the test organisms die; a common measure of acute toxicity."
  ],
  "abbreviation": [
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "LC50"
  ],
  "subject": [
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    "Health and safety"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Abbreviation and Acronym List",
    "EPA 2005b",
    "EPA 2005e"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/lethal-concentration-50/"
}

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