m-Cresol - ipcs inchem

OECD SIDS
m- / p-CRESOL MIXTURE
3. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND PATHWAYS ID: 15831-10-4
DATE: 24.05.2004
Deg. product : yes
Method : other: measured
Year : 1982
GLP : no
Test substance : other TS: m-cresol, purity > 95 %
Deg. products : 74-82-8 200-812-7 methane
Result : after 29 weeks no significant CH4 or CO2 formation observed
Test condition : incubation at 20 degrees C in the dark with occasional
shaking
Reliability : (2) valid with restrictions
No standard test procedure, but in accordance with generally
accepted scientific standards and described in sufficient
detail
12.05.2004 (34)
Type : anaerobic
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. : 144 hour(s) 10 %
197 hour(s) 50 %
236 hour(s) 90 %
%
%
Deg. product :
Method : other: Die-away Test
Year : 1990
GLP : no
Test substance : other TS: m-cresol, gas chromatographic grade
Reliability : (2) valid with restrictions
No standard test procedure, but in accordance with generally
accepted scientific standards and described in sufficient
detail
11.02.2003 (29)
Type : anaerobic
Inoculum : other: phenol-enriched methanogenic culture
Concentration : 100 mg/l related to Test substance
related to
Contact time :
Degradation : 100 (±) % after 58 day(s)
Result :
Deg. product : yes
Method : other: measured
Year : 1988
GLP : no
Test substance : other TS: m-cresol, no purity reported
Deg. products : 74-82-8 200-812-7 methane
Result : lag time 42 d, complete disappearance after 58 d,
the CH4 production was 85 % of the theoretical production
Test condition : nominal test concentrations m-cresol 50, 100, 150, 250, 300,
400, 500, and 700 mg/l + phenol 200 mg/l
incubation at 35 °C with continuous shaking
Reliability : (2) valid with restrictions
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