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Environmental fate & pathways

Distribution modelling

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
distribution modelling
Type of information:
calculation (if not (Q)SAR)
Remarks:
Migrated phrase: estimated by calculation
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Use of an accepted calculation procedure.

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
A multimedia assessment of the environmental fate of bisphenol A
Author:
Cousins IT, Staples CA, Klecka GM, Mackay D
Year:
2002
Bibliographic source:
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 8: 1107-1135

Materials and methods

Model:
calculation according to Mackay, Level I

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol
EC Number:
201-245-8
EC Name:
4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol
Cas Number:
80-05-7
Molecular formula:
C15H16O2
IUPAC Name:
4-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propan-2-yl]phenol

Results and discussion

Percent distribution in media

Air (%):
0
Water (%):
30.5
Soil (%):
67.9
Sediment (%):
1.51
Susp. sediment (%):
0.05
Biota (%):
0

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Executive summary:

Author's conclusion: "Bisphenol A is not predicted to be persistent in the environment and its overall persistence is dominated by reaction."