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EC number: 271-676-4 | CAS number: 68603-84-9
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
Toxicity to terrestrial arthropods
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- toxicity to terrestrial arthropods: short-term
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- other information
- Study period:
- Study performed in 1993.
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: see 'Remark'
- Remarks:
- Data from reliable database, but information not required by REACH (The scope of the terrestrial effect assessment under the adopted REACH regulation is restricted to soil organisms in a narrow sense, i.e. on non-vertebrate organisms living the majority of their lifetime within the soil and being exposed to substances via the soil pathway and in line with the previous practice in the environmental risk assessment of new and existing substances in the EU.)
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- EPA OPP 141-1 (Honey Bee Acute Contact Toxicity)
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Application method:
- contact
- Analytical monitoring:
- not specified
- Vehicle:
- not specified
- Test organisms (species):
- Apis mellifera
- Animal group:
- Hymenoptera (honeybees)
- Details on test organisms:
- TEST ORGANISM
- Common name: Honey bee
- Age at test initiation (mean and range, SD): worker - Study type:
- laboratory study
- Total exposure duration:
- 48 h
- Duration:
- 48 h
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect conc.:
- > 25 µg per animal
- Nominal / measured:
- not specified
- Conc. based on:
- not specified
- Basis for effect:
- mortality
- Endpoint:
- toxicity to terrestrial arthropods: short-term
- Data waiving:
- other justification
- Justification for data waiving:
- other:
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Description of key information
No reliable and relevant data available.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Additional information
According to the REACH requirements,
"In the absence of toxicity data for soil organisms, the equilibrium partitioning method may be applied to assess the hazard to soil organisms. The choice of the appropriate tests depends on the outcome of the chemical safety assessment. In particular for substances that have a high potential to adsorb to soil or that are very persistent, the registrant shall consider long-term toxicity testing instead of short-term. These studies do not need to be conducted if direct and indirect exposure of the soil compartment is unlikely. " (Annex IX & X)
Carboxylic acids, C5 -9 have no potential for adsorption to soils, no significant potential for bioaccumulation and is readily biodegradable. The results of aquatic studies clearly demonstrate that the target substance is not acutely toxic. A QSAR result also indicates that no toxic effect on soil macroorganisms is to be expected. Therefore, the equilibrium partitioning method is used to assess the hazard potential to soil organisms.
The results of the chemical safety assessment indicates no need to investigate further the effects of the substance and/or relevant degradation products on sediment organisms
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