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Environmental fate & pathways

Bioaccumulation: aquatic / sediment

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In accordance with column 2, paragraph 9.3.2 of REACh Annex IX, a bioaccumulation study in aquatic species does not need to be conducted if the substance has a low bioaccumulation potential and/or a low potential to cross biological membranes or direct or indirect exposure of the aquatic compartment is unlikely. The substance is regarded as readily biodegradable and therefore exposure to the aquatic compartment is unlikely.

Furthermore, three different QSAR calculations have been performed to show that the substance is not bioaccumulative.

1. Catalogic: BCF = 7.43 (all mitigating factors applied)

2. T.E.S.T.: BCF = 5.79

3. EPISuite: BCF = 15.2

Neither of the QSAR calculations revealed a significant potential for bioaccumulation.

Additionally, according to ECHA's Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment R.11 PBT assessment, substances with a DiamMax-average greater than 1.7 nm plus a molecular weight of greater than 1100 are unlikely to have a BCF > 2000. The compound has a DiamMax-average of 3.01 nm which is regarded as a clear indication that the substance does not accumulate to a significant amount.

In conclusion, due to the results from the biodegradation studies, the exposure of the aquatic compartment is unlikely. Furthermore, different QSAR calculations do not reveal any potential to bioaccumulate which is supported by the molecular size of the compound which limits passing of biological membranes.