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Ecotoxicological information

Toxicity to soil macroorganisms except arthropods

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NOEC = 1000 mg/kg for Eisenia fetida (OECD 222)

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Experimental data on the toxicity of Fatty acids, C8-10, triesters with trimethylolpropane (CAS 91050-89-4) to soil macroorganisms are not available. The evaluation therefore refers to the structural analogue category member 2-ethyl-2-[[(1-oxoheptyl)oxy]methyl]propane-1,3-diyl bisheptanoate (CAS 78-16-0) as part of a read across approach that is characterized by a comparable fatty acid chain length. This is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Annex XI, 1.5. Grouping of substance and read across approach. Further justification is given within the endpoint summary 6.1 and within the analogue justification section 13.

The long-term toxicity of the read-across substance 2-ethyl-2-[[(1-oxoheptyl)oxy]methyl]propane-1,3-diyl bisheptanoate (CAS 78-16-0) was tested according to OECD guideline 222. The test was conducted with artificial soil that was mixed with the test substance. Earthworms of the species Eisenia fetida were exposed to the test substance for 28 days and then removed from the test substrate. The survival rate and growth (body weight) of the specimen were determined. After another 28 days the hatched juveniles were collected from the test substrate and the reproduction rate was recorded. Mortality or a decrease in body weight of the adult earthworms was not observed. Thus a NOEC of 1000 mg/kg soil based on mortality was reported. A NOEC ≥ 1000 mg/kg soil based on the reproduction rate was determined.