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EC number: 500-201-8 | CAS number: 68213-23-0 1 - 2.5 moles ethoxylated
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
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Toxicity to soil macroorganisms except arthropods
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- toxicity to soil macroorganisms except arthropods: short-term
- Type of information:
- migrated information: read-across based on grouping of substances (category approach)
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 11 JAN - 02 FEB 1990
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: GLP-Guideline study
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 990
- Report date:
- 1990
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 207 (Earthworm, Acute Toxicity Tests)
- Deviations:
- not specified
- GLP compliance:
- yes
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- 61791-28-4
- EC Number:
- 612-400-8
- Cas Number:
- 61791-28-4
- IUPAC Name:
- 61791-28-4
- Details on test material:
- - Substance type: Fatty alcohol ethoxylate with 10 EO
- Analytical purity: 99.7% a.s.
Constituent 1
Sampling and analysis
- Analytical monitoring:
- no
- Details on sampling:
- - Concentrations: 0 ppm, 30 ppm, 100 ppm, 300 ppm, 1000 ppm
Test substrate
- Vehicle:
- no
- Details on preparation and application of test substrate:
- - Method of application to soil surface (if used): 5 g test substance were mixed with 95 g soil and dilutions of 3 : 10 and 1 : 10 were made. 10 g of each dilution were cooled by liquid air and together with deep frozen soil (150 g / vessel / concentration) homogenized. In a next step, the soil was mixed with the remaining amount of soil of 508 g.
Test organisms
- Test organisms (species):
- Eisenia fetida
- Animal group:
- annelids
- Details on test organisms:
- TEST ORGANISM
- Common name: earthworm
- Source: Dr. Edwards (EG-Ringtest 1983), than own breeding
- Age at test initiation (mean and range, SD): 2 month
- Weight at test initiation (mean and range, SD): 300 - 600 mg
ACCLIMATION
- Acclimation period: 24 h
- Acclimation conditions (same as test or not): same as test
- Health during acclimation (any mortality observed): no mortality
Study design
- Study type:
- laboratory study
- Substrate type:
- artificial soil
- Limit test:
- no
- Total exposure duration:
- 14 d
Test conditions
- Test temperature:
- 20 +/- 2 °C
- Moisture:
- The water content was adjusted 7 days prior to the test start to 35.02% of the basic substrate (= 25.93% soil moisture)
- Details on test conditions:
- TEST SYSTEM
- Test container (material, size): glass vessels (1 - 2 L)
- Amount of soil or substrate: 658 g/vessel
- No. of organisms per container (treatment): 10
- No. of replicates per treatment group: 4
- No. of replicates per control: 4
SOURCE AND PROPERTIES OF SUBSTRATE (if soil): artificial soil according to the UBA guideline (March 1984) - Nominal and measured concentrations:
- Nominal: 0, 30, 100, 300 and 1000 ppm
- Reference substance (positive control):
- no
Results and discussion
Effect concentrations
- Duration:
- 14 d
- Dose descriptor:
- LC50
- Effect conc.:
- > 1 000 mg/kg soil dw
- Nominal / measured:
- nominal
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- mortality
- Remarks on result:
- other: no mortalities at the highest concentration of 1000 ppm
- Details on results:
- - Mortality at end of exposure period: none
- Total mass of adults at beginning of test: since all worms survived at 1000 ppm and increase their body weight, only one replicat of the concentrations 30, 100 and 300 ppm was evaluated. 0 ppm: 9.48 g (start) / 9.51 g (end); 30 ppm: 2.5 g / 2.76 g; 100 ppm: 2.6 g / 2.64 g; 300 ppm: 2.33 g / 2.37 g; 1000 ppm: 9.28 g/ 9.75 g
- Changes in body weigth of live adults (% of initial weight) at end of exposure period: 0 ppm: increase of body weight by 3.16%; 30 ppm: increase of body weight by 10.14%; 100 ppm: increase of body weight by 1.53%; 300 ppm: increase of body weight by 1.71%; 1000 ppm: increase of body weight by 5.06%.
- No. of offspring produced: not investigated
- No. of unhatched cocoons: not investigated
- Morphological abnormalities: not investigated
- Behavioural abnormalities: not investigated
- Other biological observations: none
Applicant's summary and conclusion
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