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EC number: 293-208-8 | CAS number: 91052-47-0
Toxicity to microorganisms
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Description of key information
No toxicity up to the limit of water solubility (< 1 mg/L) is expected.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Additional information
No data investigating the toxicity to microorganisms are available for Glycerides, C16-18 mono- (CAS No. 91052-47-0). According to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, Annex VIII, Column 2, 9.1.4, testing on aquatic microorganisms is not required if there are mitigating factors indicating that microbial toxicity is unlikely to occur, for example due to high insolubility of the substance in water. Glycerides, C16-18 mono- is insoluble in water (water solubility < 1 mg/L) and therefore limited exposure to activated sludge microorganisms is expected for this substance.
The Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment, Chapter R7.b (ECHA, 2012) states that once insoluble chemicals enter a standard STP, they will be extensively removed in the primary settling tank and fat trap and thus, only limited amounts will get in contact with activated sludge organisms. Furthermore Glycerides, C16-18 mono- (CAS 91052-47-0) is readily biodegradable. According to the above mentioned guidance, for substances with a good biodegradation rate in a ready biodegradability test, inhibitory effects to aquatic microorganisms are not expected and the concentration tested can be used as a NOEC.
Additionally, a study conducted with Pseudomonas putida is available for the category member1,2,3-propanetriyl trioleate (CAS No. 122-32-7). Therefore, in accordance to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 Annex XI, 1.5 Grouping of substances, a read-across to this structurally related category member was conducted. Further justification is given within the endpoint summary 6.1 and within the category justification section 13. In this case of read-across, the best suited (highest degree of structural similarity, nearest physico-chemical properties) read-across substance within this category was used.
The test conducted on 1,2,3-propanetriyl trioleate was performed according to the German method “Assessment of hazardous substances in water, Determination of the acute toxicity in Bacteria”, under GLP conditions (Coenen, 1988). Pseudomonas putida cultures were exposed to the test substance for 18 hours in a static water regime at 25 °C and effects on cell proliferation were assessed (as the extinction of the monochromatic radiation at 436 nm in a 10 mm layer). After the exposure period, no inhibitory effects on cell multiplication could be observed up to the highest concentration tested and therefore, the EC50 (18 h) was determined to be > 0.8 mg/L (nominal concentration).
Based on the results of the test conducted with the structurally related category member (in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, Annex XI, 1.5), the ready biodegradability and poor solubility of Glycerides, C16-18 mono- (CAS No. 91052-47-0) in water, this substance is not expected to show toxicity to aquatic microorganisms up to the limit of its water solubility.
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