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The inhibition of the degradation activity of activated sludge is not anticipated when introduced in appropriate low concentrations.

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In a short-term respiration test performed by BASF (1978) the 30min EC20 for activated sludge was > 261 mg/L, corresponding to the highest tested concentration.

The study was conducted without analytical monitoring. However, it is assumed that the test concentrations remained stable over the exposure period based on a high water solubility (miscible at any ratio; see IUCLID ch. 4.8), a low vapour pressure (0.63 hPa at 25 °C, see IUCLID ch. 4.6) a low Henry's Law constant (4.95E-05 Pa m³/mol, HENRYWIN v3.20, BASF SE, 2017) and a low adsorption potential (log Kow = -0.93, BASF AG, 1987; log Koc = 1.53, according to Franco&Trapp, BASF SE, 2021). The stability over the exposure period was additionally confirmed by an available acute toxicity study on fish conducted with analytical monitoring and a recovery rate of 96% (Brooke, 1984).