m-Cresol - ipcs inchem

OECD SIDS
m- / p-CRESOL MIXTURE
3. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND PATHWAYS ID: 15831-10-4
DATE: 24.05.2004
- sterile controls for abiotic gas production
- gas production measured with hand-held pressure meter
Reliability : (2) valid with restrictions
No standard test procedure, but in accordance with generally
accepted scientific standards and described in sufficient
detail
Flag : Critical study for SIDS endpoint
11.02.2003 (28)
Type : aerobic
Inoculum : activated sludge, domestic
Concentration : .05 mg/l related to Test substance
related to
Contact time :
Degradation : 35.6 (±) % after 5 day(s)
Result :
Deg. product :
Method : other: Activated sludge test
Year : 1985
GLP : no
Test substance : other TS: 14C-labelled m-cresol presumably > 98 % purity; no specific
activity given
Remark : The bioaccumulation factor of the substance and its
metabolites in activated sludge was 1100
Result : The readily biodegradable compounds methanol and phenol were about
equally degraded like m-Cresol (41, 37 and 36 %)
Reliability : (2) valid with restrictions
No standard test procedure, but in accordance with generally
accepted scientific standards and described in sufficient
detail
24.05.2004 (15)
Type : aerobic
Inoculum : other bacteria: acclimatized mixed culture of pentachlorophenol-degrading
bacteria
Concentration : 5 mg/l related to Test substance
related to
Contact time : 29 day(s)
Degradation : (±) % after
Result :
Kinetic of testsubst. : 38 hour(s) 50 %
46 hour(s) 90 %
%
%
%
Deg. product :
Method : other: Die-away Test
Year : 1990
GLP : no
Test substance : other TS: m-cresol, gas chromatographic grade
Result : no lag phase
Reliability : (2) valid with restrictions
No standard test procedure, but in accordance with generally
accepted scientific standards and described in sufficient
detail
24.05.2004 (29)
Type : aerobic
Inoculum : other: denitrifying cultures from unadapted mixed wastewater
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