Simple Green - Environmental Uses

Environmental Uses

Simple Green is listed as an approved Surface Washing Agent per the EPA's National Contingency Plan for oil spills since 1990. EPA toxicity testing reports that Menidia beryllina and Mysidopsis bahia survive slightly better in a 1:10 solution of Simple Green/Crude Oil #2/water solution (LC50 8.30ppm-96hrs and 4.40ppm-48hrs, respectively) than in a Crude Oil #2/water solution (LC50 6.50-96hrs and 3.70ppm-48hrs, respectively).

In 2001, Crystal Simple Green was used to clean up an oil spill in the Baltic Sea. In 2005, laboratory testing on rainbow trout indicated that Crystal Simple Green by itself did not affect the survival of rainbow trout adults or larvae. Crude oil #2 did not affect adults but did increase the mortality rate of larvae to 36%. Crystal Simple Green combined with Crude Oil #2 did not affect adults but did increase the mortality rate of larvae to 46%.

Simple Green has also been used for soil remediation projects.