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Effects on fertility

Description of key information
No other concerns identified.
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Two read-across studies were identified for poly alpha olefins and their structural analogue, 1 -dodecene, trimer: a 91-day study which assessed the systemic toxicological effects of treatment with 1-decene, homopolymer, hydrogenated on rats previously treated in utero with the same chemical and a 90-day study 1 -dodecene, trimer which assessed fertility and developmental effects in a one-generation study (OECD 415). Details of the studies are presented below.

 

In a one-generation reproduction study, 1-decene, homopolymer, hydrogenated was administered to 30 Sprague-Dawley Crl: CD®BR VAF/Plus® rats/sex/dose by gavage at dose levels of 0, 100, 500, or 1000 mg/kg bw/day (Daniel, 1994). Both males and females were treated for 4 weeks prior to mating and through mating. At the end of mating, males were sacrificed. Females were treated through gestation and until lactation day 21.

 

There were no treatment-related effects on clinical signs, mortality, body weight, or gross pathology in the parental generation or in the pups through lactation day 21. There were no treatment related effects on reproduction or pup viability. Some pups were used further in a subchronic study with the remainder sacrificed on lactation day 21. There is no parental or offspring systemic or reproduction LOAEL, based n the lack of effects. The parental systemic and reproduction NOAEL is 1000mg/kg bw/day in males and females. The offspring NOAEL is 1000 mg/kg bw/day even after the additional 91 day subchronic exposure.

 

In a one-generation reproduction study, 1 -dodecene, trimer was administered orally, once daily, by gavage to three groups each of twenty-four male and twenty-four female Sprague-Dawley Crl: CD® (SD) IGS BR strain rats, at dose levels of 1000, 250 and 50 mg/kg/day (Knox et al., 2007). A further group of twenty-four male and twenty-four female rats received the vehicle alone to serve as a control.

 

There were two unscheduled deaths on the study, occurring in the control and 250 mg/kg/day dosage groups, neither of which was associated with treatment. There were no signs of clinical toxicity observed in either sex at any of the doses tested. Behavioural and functional performance remained unaffected in male and female rats treated with 1 -dodecene, trimer. Sensory reactivity, body weight, food and water consumption were unaffected as were fertility and mating performance. Haematological and clinical chemistry assessments revealed no significant treatment-related effects on male and female rats.

 

No treatment-related effects on offspring growth or development were detected. Litter sizes from birth to weaning were essentially similar across all dose groups. Gross necroscopy did not reveal any remarkable findings and neither did histopathology.

 

The oral administration of 1 -dodecene, trimer to rats by gavage at a maximum dose level of 1000 mg/kg/day, throughout maturation, mating, gestation and lactation resulted in no treatment related effects. Thus, the NOAEL for adult toxicity and reproductive and developmental toxicity was considered to be 1000 mg/kg/day.

 

No adverse fertility effects were reported in a one-generation study with 1 -dodecene, trimer; a structural analogue of dec-1-ene, dimers, hydrogenated, at the limit dose of 1000 mg/kg/day (Knox et al., 2007).  No treatment-related effects were reported in rats treated in utero and then subsequently treated an additional 91 days after birth with 1-decene homopolymer, hydrogenated (Daniel, 1994).  The NOAEL was 1000 mg/kg/day for both studies (highest dose tested). The weight of evidence presented by these studies suggests that poly alpha olefins, as a group, are unlikely to present a significant hazard potential to fertility; therefore a DNEL for this endpoint is not necessary.

 

Justification for Read Across

 

Several criteria justify the use of the read across approach to fill data gaps for poly alpha olefins using 1 -dodecene, trimer as an analogue. 1 -dodecene, trimer, like other compounds in this category, is a poly alpha olefin, i. e., highly branched isoparaffinic chemicals produced by oligomerization of oct-1-ene, dec-1-ene, and/or dodec-1-ene. Therefore its physiochemical and toxicological properties are expected to be similar to those of other poly alpha olefins.


Short description of key information:
Two read-across studies were identified for poly alpha olefins and its structural analogues: a 91-day study which assessed the systemic toxicological effects of treatment with 1-decene, homopolymer, hydrogenated on rats previously treated in utero with the same chemical and a 90-day study with 1 -dodecene, trimer which assessed fertility and developmental effects in a one-generation study (OECD 415). Neither study showed any treatment-related effects on fertility or reproductive endpoints in rats. Both studies reported a NOAEL of 1000 mg/kg bw.

Effects on developmental toxicity

Description of key information
Not expected to cause developmental toxicity.

Justification for classification or non-classification

No developmental or 2-generation reproductive toxicity data were available for dec-1-ene, dimers, hydrogenated. Two one-generation reproduction toxicity studies from 1-decene, homopolymer, hydrogenated and structural analogues related to dec-1 -ene, dimers, hydrogenated showed no effects on reproductive parameters. Although results from these studies showed no reproductive or developmental effects at the highest dose tested, and while the data in combination present a reasonable weight of evidence upon which to judge the reproductive and developmental toxicity of poly alpha olefins, these study results cannot meet the requirement for results from a complete developmental or two-generation reproductive study. Nonetheless, the results are considered adequate do not raise concern with regard to classification of dec-1-ene, dimers, hydrogenated as toxic for reproduction or a development toxicant under EU Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/ECC or CLP EU Regulation 1272/2008 (GHS aligned).

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