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Administrative data

Hazard for aquatic organisms

Freshwater

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC aqua (freshwater)
PNEC value:
0.008 mg/L
Assessment factor:
10
Extrapolation method:
assessment factor
PNEC freshwater (intermittent releases):
0.031 mg/L

Marine water

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC aqua (marine water)
PNEC value:
0.001 mg/L
Assessment factor:
100
Extrapolation method:
assessment factor

STP

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC STP
PNEC value:
2.1 mg/L
Assessment factor:
10
Extrapolation method:
assessment factor

Sediment (freshwater)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC sediment (freshwater)
PNEC value:
0.091 mg/kg sediment dw
Extrapolation method:
equilibrium partitioning method

Sediment (marine water)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC sediment (marine water)
PNEC value:
0.009 mg/kg sediment dw

Hazard for air

Air

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Hazard for terrestrial organisms

Soil

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC soil
PNEC value:
0.136 mg/kg soil dw
Assessment factor:
1 000
Extrapolation method:
assessment factor

Hazard for predators

Secondary poisoning

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no potential for bioaccumulation

Additional information

Conclusion on classification

Aquatic environment classification

Phenol proved to be readily biodegradable in waste water, freshwater, sea water, and at anaerobic conditions with inoculum from activated sludge.

The lowest acute EC/LC50 value in aquatic tests is the EC50 of 3.1 mg/L, based on measured initial concentrations, obtained in a static 48-h acute toxicity test with Ceriodaphnia dubia (Oris et al. 1991). The lowest reliable long-term effect value in aquatic studies is the NOEC of 77 µg/L, based on nominal concentrations, obtained in a 60 day study with larvae of Cirrhina mrigala.

Due to the ready biodegradability of phenol and its low log Pow the substance is currently not classified as dangerous/hazardous for the environment according to Directive 67/548/EEC and according to the Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation):

Basic data for classification:

Lowest reliable L(EC)50 value:                3.1 mg/L Ceriodaphnia dubia

Lowest reliable long-term NOEC value:   0.077 mg/l, larvae of Cirrhina mrigala

Readily biodegradable                              yes

log Pow                                                   < 3

Special concern:                                       no

 

Legal classification according

to 67/548/EEC Annex 1:                       not classified

 

Legal classification according to current Tab 3.1 of CLP Regulation (1272/2008/EG):

     not classified, no hazard statement

                                                              Basis:    acute L(E)C50 1-10 mg/L; readily biodegradable, log Pow<4

Self-classification according toCommission Regulation (EU) No 286-2011 of 11 March 2011 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008:

Classification:   Aquatic Chronic 2 (H411)

Labelling:       GHS09, no signal word

                                                              Reason for classification:     NOEC: 0.01 – 1 mg/L; rapidily biodegradable

Hazardous to the atmospheric environment:

(Hazardous to the ozone layer: This includes substances which are listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of substances that deplete the ozone layer (1) and its subsequent amendments):
Phenol is not listed in Annex I of (EC) No 2037/2000.

 

M-Factor:                                       No