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Phototransformation in soil

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Phototransformation in soil is no requirement under Reach.

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Both HEDTA and its surrogate, EDTA, form complexes with ions and therefore exist naturally as a mixture of chelate complexes. Some EDTA species, especially the iron complex, are photolysable [EU Risk Assessment, 2004].