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Diss Factsheets

Administrative data

Description of key information

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Skin sensitisation

Endpoint conclusion
Endpoint conclusion:
no adverse effect observed (not sensitising)
Additional information:

1,4 -Butanediol was not sensitising when applied to male and female guinea pigs in a non-GLP, non-guideline study performed according to the methods described by Magnusson and Kligman (Jedrychowski, 1990). Given these results, 1,4 -Butanediol is not expected to cause skin sensitisation.

Migrated from Short description of key information:

Not sensitising

Respiratory sensitisation

Endpoint conclusion
Additional information:

Not expected to be a respiratory sensitiser based on substantial human experience and absense of skin sensitisation.

Migrated from Short description of key information:

Not expected to be a respiratory sensitiser.

Justification for classification or non-classification

Based on the results of a Guinea Pig Maximisation test 1,4-butanediol is judged not to be a skin sensitizer under the EU CLP criteria (EU Regulation 1272/2008).