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EC number: 291-793-4 | CAS number: 90480-58-3
Toxicity to soil microorganisms
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Description of key information
Octanoic acid, zinc salt, basic:
Toxicity studies of octanoic acid, zinc salt, basic are not available. Toxicity of octanoic acid, zinc salt, basic (CAS 90480-58-3) to the respiration of micro-organisms was not observed in a guideline study with activated sludge (see above, Simon, 2012). Based on the lack of toxicity towards STP microorganisms, a similar low toxic potential may be assumed for soil microorganisms. Further, read-across to the assessment entities soluble zinc substances and octanoic acid is applied since zinc cations and octanoate anions determine its fate and toxicity in the environment.
Octanoic acid:
Fatty acids as contained in plant and animal tissue are a natural component of soil, represent a significant part of the nutritional demands of soil microorganisms, are rapidly degraded and non-bioaccumulative and are therefore assumed to be of low toxic potential towards soil microorganisms.
Zinc:
For microbial assays, in total 108 individual high quality NOEC/EC10s represent 4 nitrogen transformation processes, 5 carbon transformation processes and 8 enzymatic processes and range from 17 mg Zn/kg dw for respiration to 2623 mg Zn/kg dw for phosphatase.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
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