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Ecotoxicological information

Ecotoxicological Summary

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Administrative data

Hazard for aquatic organisms

Freshwater

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Marine water

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

STP

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Sediment (freshwater)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Sediment (marine water)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Hazard for air

Air

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Hazard for terrestrial organisms

Soil

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Hazard for predators

Secondary poisoning

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no potential for bioaccumulation

Additional information

Conclusion on classification

Available data indicate that aluminum salts are relatively non toxic in most waters with circumneutral pH and this was sufficient for the EU Classification and Labelling Committee (1999) to determine that there was no need for classification of aluminum chloride. Other aluminum compounds act similarly in water as aluminum chloride and are in many cases less soluble and non-hazardous.

Studies reported in the literature have extensively used test solutions (soluble salts) with aluminum concentrations above that of its solubility limit. Due to physical effects of precipitated material most of these studies are meaningless for the investigation of intrinsic toxicity. Aluminum ions released to surface waters quickly form insoluble aluminum hydroxides in mixing zones. Formation of the complex hydroxide causes the aluminum to drop out of solution very rapidly in neutral and alkaline waters.

The dissolved natural background concentrations of aluminum, in most cases, are at equilibrium therefore an addition of aluminum would lead to the precipitation of aluminum compounds from solution and not result in effects to aquatic life.