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Biodegradation in water: screening tests

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Reference
Endpoint:
biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
2017-06-14 to 2017-07-14
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
guideline study
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 301 B (Ready Biodegradability: CO2 Evolution Test)
Deviations:
no
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
EU Method C.4-C (Determination of the "Ready" Biodegradability - Carbon Dioxide Evolution Test)
Deviations:
no
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
ISO DIS 9439 (Ultimate Aerobic Biodegradability - Method by Analysis of Released Carbon Dioxide)
Deviations:
no
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
other: ISO International Standard 10634 "Water Quality - Guidance for the preparation and treatment of poorly water-soluble organic compounds for the subsequent evaluation of their biodegradability in an aqueous medium"
Deviations:
no
GLP compliance:
yes (incl. QA statement)
Specific details on test material used for the study:
SOURCE OF TEST MATERIAL
- Analytical purity: >99.8% (based on chromatographic purity GC: 99.8%, assay Cl-Schöniger: 101.0%)
- Source and lot/batch No.of test material: M16LB4523
- Expiration date of the lot/batch: 2017-12-01 (retest date)
- Purity test date: 2017-04-19 (certificate of analysis release date)

STABILITY AND STORAGE CONDITIONS OF TEST MATERIAL
- Storage condition of test material: At room temperature
- Stability under test conditions: stable
- Solubility and stability of the test substance in the solvent/vehicle: solubility in water: Not available

Oxygen conditions:
aerobic
Inoculum or test system:
activated sludge, domestic, non-adapted
Details on inoculum:
- Source: Municipal sewage treatment plant receiving predominantly domestic sewage, 'Waterschap Aa en Maas', 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
- Storage conditions: Sludge was kept under continuous aeration until further treatment
- Preparation of inoculum for exposure: Before use, the sludge was allowed to settle (32 minutes) and the supernatant liquid was used as inoculum.
- Pretreatment: no
- Concentration of sludge: The concentration of suspended solids was determined to be 3.0 g/L in the concentrated sludge.
- Water filtered: Tap-water purified by reverse osmosis (Milli-RO) and subsequently passed over activated carbon.
Duration of test (contact time):
28 d
Initial conc.:
37 mg/L
Based on:
test mat.
Initial conc.:
12 mg/L
Based on:
other: TOC
Parameter followed for biodegradation estimation:
CO2 evolution
Details on study design:
TEST CONDITIONS
- Composition of medium: test water prepared according to test guidelines, analytical grade salts dissolved in tap-water purified by reverse osmosis (Milli-RO) and subsequently passed over activated carbon.
* mineral stock solution A: 8.5 g KH2PO4, 21.75 g K2HPO4, 67.20 g Na2HPO4.12H2O, 0.5 g NH4Cl dissolved in 1 L Milli-Q water, pH 7.4 ± 0.2
* mineral stock solution B: 22.50 g MgSO4.7H2O dissolved in 1 L Milli-Q water
* mineral stock solution C: 36.4 g CaCl2.2H2O dissolved in 1 L Milli-Q water
* mineral stock solution D: 0.25 g FeCl3.6H2O dissolved in 1 L Milli-Q water
* Final test medium: 10 mL of solution A and 1 mL of solutions B, C and D per L of test medium
- Additional substrate: no
- Test temperature: 22.0-23.1°C
- pH: 7.6 measured prior to testing in each test flask before addition of inoculum and 7.4 - 7.6 measured in each test flask at the end of the incubation period
- pH adjusted: no
- Continuous darkness: yes

TEST SYSTEM
- Culturing apparatus: 2-L all-glass brown coloured bottles
- Number of culture flasks/concentration: 2
* test substance and inoculum: 2 replicates
* inoculum blank: 2 replicates
* positive control: 1 replicate
* toxicity control: 1 replicate
- Method used to create aerobic conditions: A mixture of oxygen (~20%) and nitrogen (~80%) was passed through a bottle, containing 0.5 - 1 L 0.0125 M Ba(OH)2 solution to trap CO2. The synthetic air was sparged through the scrubbing solutions at a rate of ~1-2 bubbles per second ( ~30-100 mL/min). The initial suspension of unspiked test medium and inoculum was aerated with this CO2-free air overnight to purge the system of CO2 prior to testing. This CO2-free air was also used for aeration during the test.
- Measuring equipment: CO2-evolution was determined through titration of the remaining Ba(OH)2 with 0.05 M standardized HCl.
- Details of trap for CO2 and volatile organics if used: Three CO2-absorbers (bottles filled with 100 mL 0.0125 M Ba(OH)2 were connected in series to the exit air line of each test bottle.

SAMPLING
- Sampling frequency: titrations were made every second or third day during the first 10 days, and thereafter at least every fifth day until the 28th day, for the inoculum blank and test item. Titrations for the positive and toxicity control were made over a period of at least 14 days.
- Sampling method: the absorber bottle closest to the incubation system was sampled each time, the second and third bottle were moved one position closer to the system and a new bottle was added at the end
- On the penultimate day, the pH of respective test suspensions was measured and 1 mL of concentrated HCl was added to the bottles of the inoculum blank and test suspension. Bottles were aerated overnight to drive off CO2 present in the test suspension. The final titration was made on day 15 (positive and toxicity control) and on day 29 (remaining vessels).

CONTROL AND BLANK SYSTEM
- Inoculum blank: yes, two replicates with only inoculum
- Toxicity control: yes, one replicate with test item, reference substance, and inoculum
- Procedure control: yes, 1 replicate with reference item and inoculum

Reference substance:
acetic acid, sodium salt
Test performance:
- The positive control substance was degraded at least 60% (84%) within 14 days.
- The difference of duplicate values for %-degradation of the test item was always less than 20% (<=1%).
- The total CO2 release in the blank at the end of the test did not exceed 40 mg/L (44 mg CO2 per 2 litres of medium, corresponding to 22 mg CO2/L).
- The inorganic Carbon content (IC) of the test item (suspension) in the mineral medium at the beginning of the test was less than 5% of the Total Carbon content (TC).

Key result
Parameter:
% degradation (CO2 evolution)
Value:
ca. 3
Sampling time:
28 d
Remarks on result:
other: mean of test bottle A and B
Details on results:
No significant biodegradation of the test item occurred within 28 days of incubation (3.0%, based on ThCO2 in both bottles). The toxicity controls indicated that the test item did not have an inhibitory effect on the microbial activity. The criterion for ready biodegradability (at least 60% biodegradation within 10 days of biodegradation exceeding 10%) was not met.
Results with reference substance:
The positive control item was biodegraded by at least 60% (84%) within 14 days, confirming suitability of the activated sludge.
Validity criteria fulfilled:
yes
Interpretation of results:
not readily biodegradable
Conclusions:
A 28-d ready biodegradability test (OECD 301B, modified Sturm test) using unadapted activated sludge from a predominantly domestic waste water treatment plant indicated that JNJ-39722280-AAA (4-nitrobenzene-1-sulfonyl chloride) was not readily biodegradable under the conditions of the test (initial concentration 37 mg/L). The test substance showed only 3% biodegradation (in both test bottles A and B, based on % ThCO2). The test substance did not inhibit microbial activity at the concentration used in the test. The results of the test can be considered reliable without restriction.

Description of key information

One study (Timmer, 2017) is included in this dossier and regarded as a key study (Klimisch score of 1).  The biodegradability of JNJ-39722280-AAA (4-nitrobenzene-1-sulfonyl chloride) was determined according to OECD Guideline 301B and EU Method C.4 -C. Under the conditions of the test, JNJ-39722280-AAA (4-nitrobenzene-1-sulfonyl chloride) was determined to be not biodegradable within 28 days.

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Biodegradation in water:
under test conditions no biodegradation observed

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