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The new ECHA CHEM database has been released by ECHA, and it now contains all REACH registration data. There are more details on the transition of ECHA's published data to ECHA CHEM here.

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Environmental fate & pathways

Endpoint summary

Administrative data

Description of key information

Additional information

Abiotic degradation

The term ‘Hydrolysis’ refers to the “Decomposition or degradation of a chemical by reaction with water”, and this as a function of pH (i.e., abiotic degradation). In the case of metals like bismuth the chemical safety assessment is generally based on total elemental metal concentrations, regardless of their (pH-dependent) speciation in the environment. Therefore, physicochemical processes like degradation or transformation by reaction with water are judged not relevant for the bismuth component of bismuth subsalicylate.

Biotic degradation

By read-across from salicylic acid, the subsalicylate component of the substance is considered to be inherently biodegradable. The concept of biodegradability does not apply to the bismuth component of bismuth subsalicylate.