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EC number: 242-538-0 | CAS number: 18727-04-3
- 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 reproduction
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- fertility, other
- Remarks:
- based on test type (migrated information)
- Type of information:
- migrated information: read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Acceptable, well documented study which meets basic scientific principles (limited documentation of the results).
Cross-reference
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- reference to same study
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 991
Materials and methods
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Conducted similar to OECD 413, male and female mice were exposed to cobalt(II)sulfate heptahydrate aerosol for 6 hours per day, 5 days per week, and 13 weeks. Sperm morphology and vaginal cytology evalutions were also performed.
- GLP compliance:
- yes
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- 10026-24-1
- EC Number:
- 600-050-9
- Cas Number:
- 10026-24-1
- IUPAC Name:
- 10026-24-1
- Reference substance name:
- cobalt(II)sulfate heptahydrate
- IUPAC Name:
- cobalt(II)sulfate heptahydrate
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): cobalt(II)sulfate heptahydrate
- Molecular formula (if other than submission substance): CoSO4*7H2O
- Molecular weight (if other than submission substance): 281 g/mol
- Analytical purity: 99%
- Other: The pH of aqueous solutions of cobalt sulfate heptahydrate was measured at three concentrations. Solutions of 0.01, 0.1, and 1 M were found to have pH values of 6.3, 6.2 and 5.2, respectively.
Constituent 1
Constituent 2
Test animals
- Species:
- mouse
- Strain:
- B6C3F1
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Taconic Farms, Inc. (Germantown, NY, USA)
- Age at study initiation: 7 weeks
- Housing: individual housing
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): NIH 07 rat and mouse ration (Zeigler Bros., Inc., Gardners, PA); ad libitium except during exposure periods
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 20.7 - 25.2
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- inhalation: aerosol
- Type of inhalation exposure (if applicable):
- whole body
- Vehicle:
- unchanged (no vehicle)
- Details on exposure:
- GENERATION OF TEST ATMOSPHERE / CHAMBER DESCRIPTION
- Exposure apparatus: Hazleton 2000, Lab Products, Inc.
- System of generating particulates/aerosols: Cobalt(II)sulfate heptahydrate aerosol was generated from an aqueous solution by nebulisation using dried compressed air. The aerosol was diluted to the desired concentration with air from the chamber air-conditioning system.
- Method of particle size determination: Cascade impactor samples were taken to determine aerosol size distribution. The mass median aerodynamic diameter of the aerosol for all exposures ranged from 0.83 to 1.10 µm. Cobalt sulfate hydration in the aerosol distribution line was determined by ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy. Hydration ratios of 7.66 and 7.67 were determined for two samples taken during the studies.
TEST ATMOSPHERE
- Brief description of analytical method used: Three real-time aerosol monitors (Model RAM-1, GCA Environmental Instruments) were used to determine the concentration of the aerosol in the exposure chambers once every 20 minutes throughout the exposure period. - Details on mating procedure:
- no mating procedure
- Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- yes
- Details on analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- Three real-time aerosol monitors (Model RAM-1, GCA Environmental Instruments) were used to determine the concentration of the aerosol in the exposure chambers once every 20 minutes throughout the exposure period.
- Duration of treatment / exposure:
- 13 weeks
- Frequency of treatment:
- 6 hours per day, 5 days per week
- Details on study schedule:
- no mating procedure
Doses / concentrationsopen allclose all
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
3, 10, 30 mg/m3
Basis:
other: nominal conc.; calculated as the anhydrous salt of cobalt(II)sulfate heptahydrate
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
2.93±0.275; 9.95±0.579; 30.0±1.64 mg/m3
Basis:
analytical conc.
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 10
- Control animals:
- yes
- Details on study design:
- Animals distributed to weight classes and then assigned to cages and groups by a table of random numbers.
Examinations
- Parental animals: Observations and examinations:
- CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: twice per day
BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: weighed initially and once per week thereafter - Oestrous cyclicity (parental animals):
- estrous cycle, vaginal cytology
- Sperm parameters (parental animals):
- Parameters examined in male animals:
testis weight, sperm motility, sperm morphology - Litter observations:
- No mating procedure and therefore no litter.
- Postmortem examinations (parental animals):
- SACRIFICE
- At study termination, all surviving animals were sacrificed with carbon dioxide and necropsied. Histopathological examinations and determination of organ weights were performed.
- Postmortem examinations (offspring):
- No mating procedure and therefore no litter.
- Statistics:
- The analysis of organ weight and male reproductive system data was carried out by using the non-parametric multiple comparison procedures of Dunn (1964) or Shirley (1977) to assess the significance of pairwise comparisons between dosed and chamber control groups. Jonckheere´s test (Jonckheere, 1954) was used to evaluate the significance of dose-response trends and to determine whether Dunn´s or Shirley´s test was more appropriate for pairwise comparisons.
The proportion of time spent in each stage of the estrous cycle was compared by using the Wilks criterion statistic (Wilks, 1932) of the multivariate analysis of variance procedure, which was performed after an arc sine transformation of the data. - Offspring viability indices:
- No mating procedure and therefore no litter.
Results and discussion
Results: P0 (first parental generation)
Details on results (P0)
Two of ten males exposed to 30 mg/m³ died before termination of the study. No observed clinical signs appeared to be related to the exposure, with exception of rapid breathing and skin discoloration in the two male mice that died during week 11.
BODY WEIGHT
Mean body weights of mice exposed to 30 mg/m3 and females exposed to 10 mg/m3 were lower than those of controls throughout the study. The final mean body weight of mice at 30 mg/m3 was 14% lower than that of the controls for males and 22% lower for females.
REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: ESTROUS CYCLE
The estrous cycle was significantly longer in female mice exposed to 30 mg/m3.
REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: SPERM MEASURES
The number of abnormal sperm in mice exposed to 30 mg/m3 was significantly increased, and sperm motility was significantly reduced in mice exposed to 3, 10, or 30 mg/m3.
At the highest concentration, atrophy of the testis was observed, which consisted of a loss germinal epithelium in the seminiferous tubules; more severly affected testes also contained foci of mineralisation.
ORGAN WEIGHTS
The absolute testis weight and the testis weight to body weight ratio were significantly decreased for males exposed to 30 mg/m3. The epididymal weight was significantly lower than that of controls for mice exposed to 30 mg/m3.
OTHER
No consistent or dose-related hematologic effects were observed.
Effect levels (P0)
open allclose all
- Dose descriptor:
- LOAEC
- Effect level:
- 0.3 mg/m³ air
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Sex:
- male/female
- Basis for effect level:
- other: calculated as the anhydrous salt of cobalt(II)sulfate heptahydrate significant decrease in sperm motility
- Dose descriptor:
- LOAEC
- Effect level:
- 0.5 mg/m³ air
- Based on:
- other: CoC6H6O7
- Sex:
- male/female
- Basis for effect level:
- other: CoC6H6O7; recalculated value significant decrease in sperm motility
Results: F1 generation
Details on results (F1)
Overall reproductive toxicity
- Reproductive effects observed:
- not specified
Any other information on results incl. tables
No NOAEC for toxicity to reproduction was identified.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
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