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Ecotoxicological information

Toxicity to terrestrial arthropods

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Key value for chemical safety assessment

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In Annex X of the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 REACH concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), it is suggested, that "in the absence of toxicity data for soil organisms, the equilibrium partitioning method may be applied to assess the hazard to soil organisms. The choice of the appropriate tests depends on the outcome of the chemical safety assessment. In particular, for substances that have a high potential to adsorb to soil or that are very persistent, the registrant shall consider long-term toxicity testing instead of short-term. These studies do not need to be conducted if direct and indirect exposure of the soil compartment is unlikely."

For Butan-1 -ol there are no appropriate data on terrestrial toxicity available for a derivation of PNECsoil. However, the substance shows no effects up to the limit concentration in acute aquatic toxicity tests. Furthermore, the substance shows no potential for accumulation in soil due to its ready biodegradable properties, its LogPow value and is not ionisable. Therefore, an impact on terrestrial organisms is very unlikely and thus, studies on soil organisms are not required. Therefore, the equilibrium partitioning method has been used to assess the hazard potential of Butan-1 -ol for soil organisms.