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EC number: 202-715-5 | CAS number: 98-94-2
Sediment toxicity
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Description of key information
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Key value for chemical safety assessment
Additional information
In Annex X, Section 9.5.1, Column 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, it is laid down that long-term toxicity testing on sediment organisms shall be proposed by the registrant if the chemical safety assessment indicates the need to investigate further the effects on sediment organisms.
According to Annex I of this regulation, the chemical safety assessment triggers further action when the substance or the preparation meets the criteria for classification as hazardous according to Regulation EC 1272/2008 and its second adaptation 286/2011 or is assessed to be a PBT or vPvB. The substance does not fulfil the criteria for PBT or vPvB substances; however, the substance is classified as chronically hazardous to the aquatic compartment (Category chronic 3). Nevertheless, indirect exposure to sediment is unlikely since the substance is readily biodegradable according to OECD criteria (see IUCLID Ch. 5.2.1). For substances being considered as „readily biodegradable“, it can be assumed that they will be biologically degraded within the STP-process. Therefore, adsorption to activated sludge or other particles in the sewage treatment plant is not relevant. Based on the low estimated BCF values, bioaccumulation in aquatic organisms is not to be expected (see IUCLID Ch. 5.3.1). In special cases, if the substance is not entering the STP-process but is readily biodegradable, it can be assumed that it will be rapidly biologically degraded in the surface water. As a consequence, a transfer to the sediment compartment is unlikely.
As sediment is not an environmental compartment of concern, no test on sediment toxicity is performed. The equilibrium partitioning method has been used for assessing the hazard to sediment organisms.
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