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Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates

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According to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, Annex IX, Column 2, 9.1.6, the testing of the long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates is not required.
The substance Glycerol monoisostearate (CAS 66085-00-5) is readily biodegradable and poorly soluble (< 1 mg/L). Due to these characteristics, extensive elimination of the substance in conventional STPs can be expected. Therefore, only low concentrations, if any, are likely to be released into the water phase. Exposure of aquatic organisms is thus expected to be low. Furthermore, read across data on short-term toxicity available for all three trophic levels (fish, daphnia and algae) indicate a low potential for aquatic toxicity. However, available data on the structurally similar substance Glycerides, C14-18 and C16-18 unsatd., mono-, di- and tri- (CAS 91052-28-7) determined no chronic toxicity up to the limit of the water solubility of the substance. A read across is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, Annex XI, 1.5. Further justification is given within the overall summary chapter 6.1 and within the analogue justification section 13. The long-term toxicity of Glycerides, C14-18 and C16-18 unsatd., mono-, di- and tri- (CAS 91052-28-7) was tested in a study conducted according to OECD 211, under GLP conditions. Daphnia magna were exposed to the substance at a single loading rate of 10 mg/L (limit test) for 21 days within a semi-static water regime. At the end of the exposure period, no effects on survival, reproduction or any other adverse effects were reported. Therefore the NOELR was determined to be ≥ 10 mg/L (nominal, loading rate). Thus, based on the above mentioned result, and due to the structural and profile similarities of the substances, as are explained with in the overall endpoint summary 6.1 it can be concluded that no chronic toxicological effects on aquatic invertebrates are expected up to the limit of water solubility for Glycerol monoisostearate (CAS 66085-00-5).