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Environmental fate & pathways

Biodegradation in water: screening tests

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Description of key information

Not readily biodegradable: 1% (ThOD) in 28 days (OECD 301 D)
Inherently biodegradable: 84% (ThOD) in 28 days (OECD 302 C)

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Biodegradation in water:
inherently biodegradable

Additional information

Ready biodegradation of the reaction mass was investigated in one GLP-study according to OECD guideline 301 D (Richter, 2012a). Domestic, non-adapted secondary effluent was used as inoculum. The reaction mass attained 1% degradation after 28 days of incubation. Hence, the substance is not readily biodegradable in terms of the strict OECD criteria.

A further GLP-study investigating the inherent biodegradability of the reaction mass is available (Richter, 2012b). The test was carried out according to OECD guideline 302 C and domestic activated sludge was used as inoculum. After a lag phase of 12 days, the pass level of 70% degradation was reached at day 22. Degradation finally reached 84% after 28 days. This result indicates, that the substance can be ultimately biodegraded under environmental conditions.