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EC number: 404-290-3 | CAS number: 7216-95-7
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
Description of key information
Using a study conducted with Scenedesmus quadricauda and H4-EDTA, a read across approach was used to predict the NOEC and EC50 values for DTPA. A read-across from H4-EDTA to pentapotassium DTPA in the aquatic environment is supported by the fact that both compounds have a similar chemical structure (particularly when dissociated in aquatic environments) and mode of action, which is chelation of metals. Thus, based on toxcity data for H4-EDTA, the predicted NOEC and EC50 values for pentapotassium DTPA are 464 mg/L and >464 mg/L, respectively.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- EC50 for freshwater algae:
- 620 mg/L
- EC10 or NOEC for freshwater algae:
- 620 mg/L
Additional information
The algal study available for DTPA was deemed not reliable (Klimish = 3) mainly due to the fact that the observed effects were due to nutrient limitation and not inherent toxicity of the test substance. OECD 23 (Guidance Document on Aquatic Toxicity Testing of Difficult Substances and Mixtures) states that “Data from tests in which complexation has been judged to have had a significant bearing on the result are likely to be of questionable value for classifying substances and for extrapolating to a predicted no effect concentration for risk assessment” (OECD, 2000). In OECD 23, compensatory adjustment of the algal media with essential ions is the suggested method for obtaining a valid toxicity study with chelating agents. Compensatory adjustment of the algal media was performed in an algal test with Na2H2EDTA 2*H2O (Dufkova, 1984). Dufková (1984) demonstrated with Scenedesmus quadricauda that it was not the absolute EDTA concentration, but rather the ratio of the EDTA to the bivalent cations that is crucial to algae growth. Higher concentrations (400 mg/L Na2H2EDTA 2*H2O), when in surplus over trace elements in the nutrient solution, inhibited cell division, chlorophyll synthesis and the production of algal biomass, especially in the earlier phase of algae growth. No negative influence was observed when the concentration of trace elements in the nutrient solution was increased corresponding to the increased EDTA concentration. Thus, the NOEC and EC50 values based on growth inhibition of Scenedesmus quadricauda were greater than 400 mg/L Na2H2EDTA 2*H2O. Due to the similarity in chemical structure and mechanism of action, it is assumed that the NOEC and LC50 values for a valid algal study with pentapotassium DTPA would be ca. 620 mg/L range based on stoichiometric conversion.
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