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Diss Factsheets

Administrative data

Hazard for aquatic organisms

Freshwater

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Marine water

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no data: aquatic toxicity unlikely

STP

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Sediment (freshwater)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no exposure of sediment expected

Sediment (marine water)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no exposure of sediment expected

Hazard for air

Air

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Hazard for terrestrial organisms

Soil

Hazard assessment conclusion:
insufficient hazard data available (further information necessary)

Hazard for predators

Secondary poisoning

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no potential to cause toxic effects if accumulated (in higher organisms) via the food chain

Additional information

Farnesene is essentially insoluble in water. At the limit of solubility it is not expected to cause effects on aquatic organisms, following acute or chronic exposure. It does not meet the criteria to be considered readily biodegradable but experimental data shows a clear potential to degrade in the aquatic environment.

Conclusion on classification

Farnesene is insoluble in water, has a log Kow > 4 and is not readily biodegradable. It does however show a clear potential to degrade in the environment. Chronic exposure of aquatic species to saturated concentrations of a structural analogue farnesane did not result in toxicity at the limit of solubility.

Farnesene is not classified for aquatic toxicity based on no toxicity following acute exposure and no evidence of chronic effects in aquatic species at the limit of water solubility.