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Ecotoxicological information

Endpoint summary

Administrative data

Description of key information

Data relating to benzoate salts and potassium salts have been considered to set a potential PNEC.

The effects of benzoic acid, sodium benzoate and potassium salts have been considered in this review and algea appear to be more sensitive than either fish or Daphnia. The algal data have been used to set the PNEC.

The toxicity to sodium benzoate to algae (IC50 30 mg/l) appears significantly greater than the toxicity of benzoic acid and although potassium is stimulating to growth of plants, this figure has been used to set a conservative PNEC

Additional information

Please refer to overall ecotoxicology read-across document as well as the overall read-across justification document.