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EC number: 227-105-6 | CAS number: 5657-17-0
- 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
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Description of key information
Acute oral toxicity - Weight of evidence suggests the median lethal dose to be close to 2000 mg/kg. In the absence of reliable data on the substance itself a key, well documented study, on the analogue tetrasodium EDTA describes the LD50 of that substance as being 1780 mg/kg. This is used to characterise the acute toxicity of this substance and the LD50, re-based according to the molecular weight of the two substances, is therefore taken as being 1303 mg/kg.
Acute inhalation toxicity - The LC50(4h) for the structurally related substance Na3-HEDTA is in excess of 3.95 mg/L, the highest exposure concentration achievable.
Acute dermal toxicity - No relevant data available.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Acute toxicity: via oral route
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- adverse effect observed
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Value:
- 1 303 mg/kg bw
- Quality of whole database:
- A number of studies are available regarding acute oral toxicity providing a weight of evidence that suggests that the LD50 is close to 2000 mg/kg. In the absence of reliable data on the substance itself a key, well documented study, on the analogue tetrasodium EDTA describes the LD50 of that substance as being 1780 mg/kg. This is used to characterise the acute toxicity of this substance and the LD50, re-based according to the molecular weight of the two substances, is therefore taken as being 1303 mg/kg.
Acute toxicity: via inhalation route
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- no adverse effect observed
- Dose descriptor:
- discriminating conc.
- Value:
- 3 950 mg/m³ air
- Quality of whole database:
- Single study available on the the structurally related substance Na3-HEDTA.
Acute toxicity: via dermal route
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- no study available
- Quality of whole database:
- No reliable studies available
Additional information
A number of studies is available regarding acute oral toxicity providing a weight of evidence that suggests that the LD50 is close to 2000 mg/kg. In the absence of reliable data on the substance itself a key, well documented study, on the analogue tetrasodium EDTA describes the LD50 of that substance as being 1780 mg/kg. This is used to characterise the acute toxicity of HEDTA-H3 and the LD50, re-based according to the molecular weight of the two substances, is therefore taken as being 1303 mg/kg.
An inhalation study on the structurally related substance HEDTA-Na3 indicates the LC50 to be in excess of 3.95 mg/L following 4 hours exposure, this being the highest exposure concentration achievable. An acute inhalation toxicity study with EDTA-Na2H2 showed a 6 -h LC30 value of 1000 mg/m3 and was thus more toxic than HEDTA-Na3, probably due to the higher binding capacity of EDTA compared to HEDTA.
No relevant data are available on dermal toxicity but the expected low dermal absorption of the substance does not indicate a concern for acute effects.
Justification for classification or non-classification
Taking into account the provisions laid down in CLP (1272/2008/EC), classification as acute oral toxicity category 4 (H302) according to GHS criteria is required.
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