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Experimental studies investigating the short-term toxicity of Fatty acids C16-18 (even numbered), mono and diesters with sucrose (no CAS) to aquatic organisms are available. All studies were performed under GLP conditions according to standard OECD guidelines.
Fish turned out to be the most sensitive species with a LC50 (96 h) of 3.3 mg/L (measured arithmetic mean). No effects to aquatic invertebrates and aquatic algae up to a limit concentration of 100 mg/L (nominal) were recorded. The resulting effect concentrations were reported as > (ECx) or ≥ (NOEC) the limit concentration. An analytical monitoring of the test concentrations in the medium was only done in the acute fish study (HPLC/UV-analysis). The analysis indicated that the substance was sufficiently stable throughout the duration of the test. Thus, it is assumed that the substance is stable in aqueous test media and it is justified that the effect concentrations are based on nominal values.
Testing for inhibition of respiration of activated sludge microorganisms resulted in an EC50 (3 h) > 1000 mg/L. Therefore, it is not anticipated that the test item inhibits the degradation process in sewage treatment plants.