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EC number: 229-388-1 | CAS number: 6505-28-8
Biodegradation in water: screening tests
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Description of key information
The test item is not readily biodegradable (by OECD criteria).
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Additional information
In Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, it is laid down that information on intrinsic properties of substances may be generated by means other than tests, provided that the conditions set out in Annex XI (of the same Regulation) are met. Furthermore according to Article 25 of the same Regulation testing on vertebrate animals shall be undertaken only as a last resort.
According to Annex XI of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (Q)SAR results can be used if (1) the scientific validity of the (Q)SAR model has been established, (2) the substance falls within the applicability domain of the (Q)SAR model, (3) the results are adequate for the purpose of classification and labeling and/or risk assessment and (4) adequate and reliable documentation of the applied method is provided.
For the assessment of the test substance (Q)SAR results were used for aerobic biodegradability in water.The criteria listed in Annex XI of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 are considered to be adequately fulfilled and therefore the endpoint(s) sufficiently covered and suitable for risk assessment.
Therefore, further experimental studies on aerobic biodegradability in water are not provided.
The test substance was tested for biodegradation using two QSAR models (BASF SE 2016 a and b):
The EPI Suite v4.11 (BIOWIN Program v4.10) calculation resulted in "not readily biodegradable". The test substance was in general within the applicability domain of the model. However, the maxiumum number of instances for some bonds are exeeded compared to the training set. Nevertheless, the overall conclusion that the test substance is not readily biodegradable is adequate.
Additionally, the biodegradation was calculated by using CATALOGIC v5.11.16 (BOD 28 days MITI (OECD 301C) v08.11). It resulted in ca. 36 % biodegradation after 28 d. The test substance was 100 % in all of the three applicability domains. Therefore, the result is reliable and adequate and confirms the results of the EPISuite Model.
Moreover, the pigment is practically insoluble and therefore considered to be essentially not bioavailable. Due to the large molecular size, cellular uptake of the pigment is unlikely. Hence intracellular biodegradation, which is the main degradation route of bacteria, is probably low. It can be concluded that the substance is likely to persist in the environment. For this reason no ready or inherent degradation studies are proposed.
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