Tridecan-1-ol

PBT assessment

PBT assessment: overall result

Reference

Name:

tridecan-1-ol

Type of composition:

boundary composition of the substance

State / form:

solid: particulate/powder

Reference substance:

tridecan-1-ol

PBT status:

the substance is not PBT / vPvB

Justification:

Classification of 1-Tridecanolfor effects in the environment:

 

The chemical1-Tridecanol(CAS no. 112-70-9) is used as a lubricant and antifoam agent etc. It is also used as a chemical intermediate for detergents and other products. The aim was to assess whether the PBT criterion within Annex XIII was fulfilled for 1-Tridecanol. The PBT criterion was herein assessed based on experimental data in conjunction with standardized environmental fate models. Here follows a description of the PBT assessment.

 

Persistence assessment

The tested substance does not fulfil the P criterion within Annex XIII based on the assessment that here follows:

 

Biotic degradation

On the basis of various experimental results of biodegradation studies for the test chemical1-Tridecanol(CAS no. 112-70-9), it indicates thatchemical1-Tridecanolcan be expected to be readily biodegradable in water and thus likely to be not persistent (not P) in nature.

 

Environmental fate

According to the fugacity model levels III, the most likely environmental fate for this test chemical is soil (i.e.estimated to be 77%). In soil,1-Tridecanol was expected to have negligible to slow mobility based upon a Log KOC value ranging from 3.89 to 4.643, respectively. The half-life in soil (30 days estimated by EPI suite) indicates that the chemical is not persistent in soil and the exposure risk to soil dwelling animals is moderate to low.

 

If released in to the environment, 20.9% of the chemical will partition into water according to the Mackay fugacity model level III in EPI suite version 4.1 (2017). However, the half-life (15 days estimated by EPI suite) indicates that the chemical is not persistent in water and the exposure risk to aquatic animals is moderate to low.

 

Moreover, its persistent characteristic is only observed in the sediment compartment but Fugacity modelling shows that sediment is not an important environmental fate (less than 1% i.e reported as 0.583% when estimated by EPI Suite version 4.1).

 

Hence it has been concluded that chemical 1-Tridecanol is not persistent (not P) in nature.

 

Bioaccumulation assessment

The tested substance does not fulfil the B criterion within Annex XIII based on the assessment that here follows:

 

The estimated BCF value from authoritative databases was evaluated to beupto 1520 dimensionless, respectively. If this chemical is released into the aquatic environment, there should be a low risk for the chemical to bioaccumulate in fish and food chains.

 

Toxicity assessment

The tested substance does not fulfil the T criterion within Annex XIII based on the assessment that here follows:

 

Mammals

The tested chemical is regarded to be not classified for carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and reprotoxicity, Further, there is no evidence of chronic toxicity, as identified by the classifications STOT (repeated exposure), category 1(oral, dermal, inhalation of gases/vapours, inhalation of dust/mist/fume) or category 2 (oral, dermal, inhalation of gases/vapours, inhalation of dust/mist/fume).

 

Aquatic organisms

All of the available short-term eco-toxicity data for fish, invertebrates and algae for the substance1-Tridecanolindicates the LC50/EC50 value to be in the range 0.012 mg/l to 2.2 mg/L, respectively and on the basis ofthe experimental study oflong term eco-toxicity data for aq. invertebrates, the NOEC value was determined to be 0.22 mg/l and EC50 value was determined to be 0.46 mg/l, respectively. These value suggest that the substance is likely to be hazardous to Aquatic organisms at environmentally relevant concentrations and can be considered to be classified ‘Aquatic Acute Category 1’ and ‘Aquatic Chronic Category 3’ as per the CLP regulation.

 

By speculation, long-term NOEC for aquatic organisms were not expected for the substance at concentration below 0.01 mg/L based on the data mentioned above.

 

The chemical was therefore not considered as hazardous to aquatic environments as per the criteria set out in Annex XIII.

 

Conclusion

Based on critical, independent and collective evaluation of information summarized herein, the tested compound does not fulfil the P, B and T criterion and has therefore not been classified as a PBT compound within Annex XIII.