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EC number: 200-431-6 | CAS number: 59-50-7
Toxicological Summary
Administrative data
Workers - Hazard via inhalation route
Systemic effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- DNEL (Derived No Effect Level)
- Value:
- 6.289 mg/m³
- Most sensitive endpoint:
- effect on fertility
- Route of original study:
- Oral
DNEL related information
- DNEL derivation method:
- ECHA REACH Guidance
- Overall assessment factor (AF):
- 60
- Modified dose descriptor starting point:
- NOAEC
- Value:
- 377.316 mg/m³
- AF for intraspecies differences:
- 5
- Justification:
- worker default
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
DNEL related information
Local effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
DNEL related information
Workers - Hazard via dermal route
Systemic effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- DNEL (Derived No Effect Level)
- Value:
- 3.567 mg/kg bw/day
- Most sensitive endpoint:
- effect on fertility
- Route of original study:
- Oral
DNEL related information
- DNEL derivation method:
- ECHA REACH Guidance
- Overall assessment factor (AF):
- 60
- Modified dose descriptor starting point:
- NOAEL
- Value:
- 214 mg/kg bw/day
- AF for intraspecies differences:
- 5
- Justification:
- worker default
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
DNEL related information
Local effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
Workers - Hazard for the eyes
Local effects
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- medium hazard (no threshold derived)
Additional information - workers
Toxicokinetics
Cresols can penetrate deeply into tissues that are exposed. After Cresols are absorbed, most of the chemical is metabolized by the liver and either the metabolites or the unchanged chemical are excreted by the kidney with trace amounts excreted via the lungs. In vivo, the Cresol isomers are conjugated and excreted as glucuronides and sulfates. Significant amounts of Cresols are secreted in the bile and undergo enterohepatic recirculation. The kidney is the main route for removing cresols. There are no reports that suggest bio-accumulation of cresol within the living system.
Acute toxicity
As per the end point results the substance, chlorocresol is considered to be non toxic via Oral, inhalation and dermal route.
Irritation / corrosion
Based on the end point studies it can be concluded that the substance Chlorocresol is irritant to skin and irritating to eye.Since the substance has harmonized classification and as per classification, chlorocresol is not a skin irritant but cause eye damage . Hence it can be concluded that the substance is not a skin irritant but cause eye irritation and hence classified as eye damage 1 category for the pupose of chemical safety assessment.
Sensitisation
The test reports of patch test skin sites were studied which indicate that chlorocresol is found to be the sensitizers and so chlorocresol classified as skin sensitiser in category 1.
General Population - Hazard via inhalation route
Systemic effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- DNEL (Derived No Effect Level)
- Value:
- 1.551 mg/m³
- Most sensitive endpoint:
- effect on fertility
- Route of original study:
- Oral
DNEL related information
- DNEL derivation method:
- ECHA REACH Guidance
- Overall assessment factor (AF):
- 120
- Modified dose descriptor starting point:
- NOAEC
- Value:
- 186.087 mg/m³
- AF for intraspecies differences:
- 10
- Justification:
- general population default
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
DNEL related information
Local effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
DNEL related information
General Population - Hazard via dermal route
Systemic effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- DNEL (Derived No Effect Level)
- Value:
- 1.783 mg/kg bw/day
- Most sensitive endpoint:
- effect on fertility
- Route of original study:
- Oral
DNEL related information
- DNEL derivation method:
- ECHA REACH Guidance
- Overall assessment factor (AF):
- 120
- Modified dose descriptor starting point:
- NOAEL
- Value:
- 214 mg/kg bw/day
- AF for intraspecies differences:
- 10
- Justification:
- general population default
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
DNEL related information
Local effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
General Population - Hazard via oral route
Systemic effects
Long term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- DNEL (Derived No Effect Level)
- Value:
- 0.892 mg/kg bw/day
- Most sensitive endpoint:
- effect on fertility
- Route of original study:
- Oral
DNEL related information
- DNEL derivation method:
- ECHA REACH Guidance
- Overall assessment factor (AF):
- 120
- Modified dose descriptor starting point:
- NOAEL
- Value:
- 107 mg/kg bw/day
- AF for intraspecies differences:
- 10
- Justification:
- general population default
Acute/short term exposure
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- no hazard identified
DNEL related information
General Population - Hazard for the eyes
Local effects
- Hazard assessment conclusion:
- medium hazard (no threshold derived)
Additional information - General Population
DNEL derivation
Chlorocresol is non acute toxic to dermal oral and inhalation route, shows irritation effect to skin and eye, is not genotoxic and is not a developmental or reproductive toxin.
In the absence of local effects following short-term or long-term exposure, no dose-response data are available and a quantitative dose descriptor is not derived. DNEL values for local exposure are therefore not calculated.
In the absence of acute systemic toxicity, no dose-response data are available and a quantitative dose descriptor is not derived. DNEL values for acute systemic effects are therefore not calculated.
A standard approach to deriving DNEL values would be to use the reproductive toxicity dataset and apply assessment factors as described in ECHA guidance documents. The critical endpoint is considered to be the NOAEL of 428 mg/kg bw/d in oral category.
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