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Toxicity to terrestrial arthropods

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No toxicity studies have been carried out on terrestrial anthropods with registration substance. PETROTOX v 4.01 predicted  28-d LL50 (mortality) of this substance to Folsomia candida of 773 mg/kg soil dw and d 28-d EL10 (reproduction) of 148 mg/kg soil dw.

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The registered substance is a complex petroleum UVCB whose constituents have variable physicochemical properties. Therefore, a modeling framework is needed to account for the bioavailability of the constituents in the mixture, which was then used to predict the toxicity of the substance as a whole. The target lipid model (TLM) and HC5, have been applied to soils and sediment using equilibrium partitioning (EqP) model. As such, modeled data are considered fit for purpose. The model used for the calculations was the PETROTOX v4.0 model. PETROTOX is a well-documented and peer reviewed model that is widely used across the chemicals industry.