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EC number: 203-539-1 | CAS number: 107-98-2
- 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
PBT assessment
Administrative data
PBT assessment: overall result
- PBT status:
- the substance is not PBT / vPvB
- Justification:
Propylene glycol methyl ether does not have PBT or vPvB Properties.
Propylene glycol methyl ether meets the criteria for ready biodegradation, according to all aerobic biodegradation screening studies except in the “Closed Bottle Test” (OECD Guide Line 301D) where a biodegradation of only 2 to 4% occurred after 28 days (the biodegradation is expressed as theoretical oxygen demand). However, a modified Sturm test (Directive 84/449/EEC, C.5) was performed in the same series along with a microbial inhibition test on a pure strain of Ps. Fluorescens. A degradation of 65 to 69% after 28 days was observed. The absence of degradation in the “Closed Bottle Test” could result from incapability of the particular strain of microorganism to adapt to the substance. This assumption is confirmed by the presence of lag periods in all of the tests. In conclusion, propylene glycol methyl ether can be considered as readily biodegradable under aerobic conditions. Hence, the test substance does not fulfill the criteria for persistency as outlined in Annex XIII of the REACH legislation of December 2006.
Propylene glycol methyl ether has a low log Kow (log Kow < 1) and is readily biodegradable, which indicates that propylene glycol methyl ether offers little potential for bioconcentration in aquatic organisms. Therefore it does not fulfill the criteria for bioaccumulation as outlined in Annex XIII of REACH legislation of December 2006.
Measured aquatic toxicity data indicate that propylene glycol methyl ether presents a low toxicity hazard to aquatic species. All EC50/LC50 values (fish, daphnia and algae) are greater than 100 mg/l.
Propylene glycol methyl ether is not classified as carcinogenic (category 1A or 1B), germ cell mutagenic (category 1A or 1B), or toxic for reproduction (category 1A, 1B or 2) and there is no evidence of chronic toxicity, as identified by the classifications STOT (repeated exposure), category 1(oral, dermal, inhalation of gases/vapours, inhalation of dust/mist/fume) or category 2 (oral, dermal, inhalation of gases/vapours, inhalation of dust/mist/fume) according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.
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