Silicic acid, aluminum sodium salt

Toxicity to terrestrial arthropods

Link to relevant study record(s)

Reference

Endpoint:

toxicity to terrestrial arthropods: short-term

Data waiving:

study scientifically not necessary / other information available

Justification for data waiving:

other:

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

other: ISO guideline 10872

Key result

Duration:

96 h

Dose descriptor:

LOEC

Effect conc.:

> 5 000 mg/kg soil dw

Nominal / measured:

nominal

Conc. based on:

test mat.

Basis for effect:

reproduction

Key result

Duration:

96 h

Dose descriptor:

NOEC

Effect conc.:

5 000 mg/kg soil dw

Nominal / measured:

nominal

Conc. based on:

test mat.

Basis for effect:

reproduction

Description of key information

The performance of a study investigating the toxicity of amorphous aluminium sodium silicates towards terrestrial arthropods was waived due to the natural occurrence and abundance of SiO2, silicates and aluminium as minerals in soil.

Additional information

No study with synthetic amorphous aluminum sodium silicate is indicated, based on the natural abundance of SiO2 and silicates as minerals in soil. In fact, silicon is the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust mass (approx. 28 %) after oxygen. It appears as complex silicate minerals in soils and sediments, as the oxide (silica, SiO2) in crystalline form in rocks, soils and sand, and as biogenic silica in organisms such as diatoms, and in plants such as grass, rushes, rice or sugar cane. Synthetic amorphous silica and silicates released into the environment are expected to combine indistinguishably with the soil or sediment due to their similarity with inorganic soil/sediment matter and will be subjected to natural processes under environmental conditions (cation exchange, dissolution, sedimentation). The same applies to aluminium which is the third most abundant element (approx. 8%) in the earth's crust.