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Administrative data

Hazard for aquatic organisms

Freshwater

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC aqua (freshwater)
PNEC value:
0.126 mg/L
Assessment factor:
50
Extrapolation method:
assessment factor
PNEC freshwater (intermittent releases):
0.46 mg/L

Marine water

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC aqua (marine water)
PNEC value:
0.013 mg/L
Assessment factor:
500
Extrapolation method:
assessment factor

STP

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC STP
PNEC value:
59.1 mg/L
Assessment factor:
10
Extrapolation method:
assessment factor

Sediment (freshwater)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC sediment (freshwater)
PNEC value:
0.484 mg/kg sediment dw
Extrapolation method:
equilibrium partitioning method

Sediment (marine water)

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC sediment (marine water)
PNEC value:
0.048 mg/kg sediment dw
Extrapolation method:
equilibrium partitioning method

Hazard for air

Air

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no hazard identified

Hazard for terrestrial organisms

Soil

Hazard assessment conclusion:
PNEC soil
PNEC value:
0.023 mg/kg soil dw
Extrapolation method:
equilibrium partitioning method

Hazard for predators

Secondary poisoning

Hazard assessment conclusion:
no potential for bioaccumulation

Additional information

Based on the absence of ecotoxicity data for disodium adipate, a read-across approach with adipic acid is applied. In aqueous media, disodium adipate and adipic acid acid dissociate into the corresponding anion (1,6-hexandioic acid ion) and the sodium ion and hydrogen ion (proton), respectively. Fate, behavior and the ecotoxicological properties of adipic acid and its disodium salt are thought to be an effect of the di-carboxylate ion rather than of the sodium ion or the hydrogen ion (proton), which are normal constituents in environmental systems and have no relevant ecotoxic properties in low concentrations.
Therefore a read-across between disodium adipate and adipic acid is justified.

Conclusion on classification

Disodium adipate is not legally classified as dangerous for the environment and so neither included in Annex I of Directive 67/548/EEC nor in Regulation 1272/2008 (CLP), including its 2nd and 3th ATP.

According to the information summarised in this chapter, the substance should not be classified with the following reasons:

- The lowest acute toxicity value is 46 mg/l obtained in a short-term toxicity test towards daphnia.

- The most sensitive long-term toxicity is to Daphnia magna with a 21d-NOEC of 6.3 mg/l

- Readily biodegradable

- The bioaccumulation potential is assessed to be very low, based upon the logKow values for the dissociated and the non-dissociated form of the substance.

With the data listed above, the substance should not be classified according to DSD (Directive 67/548/EEC) and GHS (Regulation EC 1272/2008 including Commission Regulation EU-286/2011).