Ecotoxicity
Components:
ethylene glycol:
Toxicity to fish
LC50 (Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow)): 72,860 mg/l End point: mortality Exposure time: 96 h Test Type: static test Method: US-EPA
Toxicity to daphnia and other aquatic invertebrates
EC50 (Daphnia magna (Water flea)): > 100 mg/l Exposure time: 48 h Test Type: static test Analytical monitoring: yes Method: OECD Test Guideline 202 GLP: yes
Toxicity to algae/aquatic plants
NOEC (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (green algae)): > 100 mg/l Exposure time: 72 h Test Type: static test Analytical monitoring: yes Method: OECD Test Guideline 201 GLP: yes
Toxicity to fish (Chronic toxicity)
LC50 (Menidia peninsulae (tidewater silverside)): > 1,500 mg/l End point: mortality Exposure time: 28 d Test Type: flow-through test Analytical monitoring: yes Remarks: (ECHA) The value is given in analogy to the following substances: The value is given in analogy to the following substances: triethylene glycol
Toxicity to daphnia and other aquatic invertebrates (Chronic toxicity)
NOEC (Ceriodaphnia dubia (water flea)): 8,590 mg/l End point: reproduction rate Exposure time: 7 d Test Type: semi-static test Method: US-EPA
Persistence and degradability
Components:
ethylene glycol:
Biodegradability
aerobic Inoculum: activated sludge, non-adapted Concentration: 53 mg/l Result: Readily biodegradable. Biodegradation: 90 - 100 % Exposure time: 10 d Method: OECD Test Guideline 301A GLP: yes
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
780 mg/g Incubation time: 5 d Remarks: (IUCLID)
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
1,190 mg/g Remarks: (IUCLID)
ThOD
1,290 mg/g Remarks: (IUCLID)
BOD/ThOD
60 % Remarks: (IUCLID)
Bioaccumulative potential
Components:
ethylene glycol:
Bioaccumulation
Remarks: Does not bioaccumulate.
Partition coefficient: noctanol/water
log Pow: -1.36 Remarks: Bioaccumulation is not expected.
Mobility in soil
No data available
Other adverse effects
Components:
ethylene glycol:
Results of PBT and vPvB assessment
Substance does not meet the criteria for PBT or vPvB according to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, Annex XIII.