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Short-term toxicity to fish

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No mortality was observed within the water solubility of the test substance.

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No tests with homosalate itself are available. Read-across to the structurally very similar 2 -ethylhexyl salicylate was done (see read-across justification in IUCLID section 13 respectively in the appendix to the CSR).

In all three fish tests with 2 -ethylhexyl salicylate no mortality was observed within water solubility. The key study (Scheerbaum, 1996) showed that even in an emulsion with 100 mg/L nominal, no effects were observed (LC50 > 82 mg/L measured conc.). A study using an emulsifier (Caspers, 1996) showed as well no mortality up to the water solubility limit (LC0 >= 0.22 mg/L; loading rate 2.5 mg/L). In a third study (Caspers, 1992) the toxicity was tested far above the water solubility of the substance (62 to 1000 mg/L). Up to 250 mg/L (nominal) no mortality was observed. The LC50 was determined to be 613 mg/L (nominal), where the mortality can be attributed to physical effects instead of systemic effects.