LC50:

Lethal concentration fifty. A calculated concentration [in air] which when administered by the respiratory route is expected to kill 50% of a population of experimental animals during an exposure of four hours. Ambient concentration is expressed in milligrams per liter. A calculated concentration in water which is expected to kill 50% of a population of aquatic organisms after a specified time of exposure.

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