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Biodegradation in water: screening tests

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Octacos-1-ene is not considered to be readily biodegradable on the basis of read across from alpha olefins with a carbon number range which includes octacos-1 -ene.

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A biodegradation screening study is not available for octacos-1 -ene. In the absence of data we have evaluated the data available for other alpha olefins with a carbon number range that includes octacos-1 -ene and used this for read across.

Commander and Good (2010) conducted an OECD 301F ready biodegrability test with C26 -28 alpha olefins. After 28 days 48% biodegradation was observed. The test material was therefore found to be not readily biodegradable.

Therefore, on the basis of read across octacos-1 -ene is not considered readily biodegradable.