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EC number: 200-001-8 | CAS number: 50-00-0
Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Remarks:
- natural occurance
- Type of information:
- other: monitoring data
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Review article
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- An Ecological Risk Assessment of Formaldehyde
- Author:
- Chénier, Robert
- Year:
- 2 003
- Bibliographic source:
- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal
9/2,483-509 3/2003
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Formaldehyde. Environmental Health Criteria 89.
- Author:
- WHO (World Health Organization)
- Year:
- 1 989
- Bibliographic source:
- International Programme on Chemical Safety, Geneva, Switzerland
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Formation of carbonyl compounds from UVinduced photodegradation of humic substances in natural waters: Fate of riverine carbon in the sea
- Author:
- Kieber RJ, Zhou X, and Mopper K.
- Year:
- 1 990
- Bibliographic source:
- Limnol Oceanogr 35:1503-15
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Monitoring Firefighter Exposure to Air Toxins at Prescribed Burns of Forest and Range Biomass.
- Author:
- Reinhardt TE
- Year:
- 1 991
- Bibliographic source:
- Research Paper PNW-RP-441. Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture, Portland, OR, USA
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- Handbook of Environmental Fate and Exposure Data for Organic Chemicals, vol 1. Large Production and Priority Pollutants
- Author:
- Howard PH.
- Year:
- 1 989
- Bibliographic source:
- pp 101–6. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI, USA
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
Any other information on results incl. tables
Natural occurance is described in Chenier, 2003 based on several publications:
Formaldehyde occurs naturally in the environment and is the product of many natural processes. It is released during biomass combustion, such as forest and bush fires (Howard 1989; Reinhardt 1991). In water, it is also formed by the irradiation of humic substances by sunlight (Kieber et al. 1990). As a metabolic intermediate, formaldehyde is present at low levels in most living organisms (WHO 1989; IARC 1995). Studies have found it to be emitted by bacteria, algae, plankton and vegetation.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
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