Ecotoxicity
Components:
Methanol:
Toxicity to fish
LC50 (Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill)): 15,400.0 mg/l End point: mortality Exposure time: 96 h Test Type: flow-through test Analytical monitoring: yes Method: US-EPA
Toxicity to daphnia and other aquatic inverte- brates
EC50 (Daphnia magna (Water flea)): 18,260 mg/l End point: Immobilization Exposure time: 96 h Test Type: semi-static test Method: OECD Test Guideline 202
Toxicity to algae/aquatic plants
ErC50 (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (green algae)): ca. 22,000.0 mg/l Exposure time: 96 h Test Type: static test Method: OECD Test Guideline 201
Toxicity to fish (Chronic toxicity)
NOEC (Oryzias latipes (Orange-red killifish)): 7,900 mg/l Exposure time: 200 h Remarks: (External MSDS)
Toxicity to microorganisms
IC50 (activated sludge): > 1,000 mg/l Exposure time: 3 h Test Type: static test Analytical monitoring: yes Method: OECD Test Guideline 209
Persistence and degradability
Components:
Methanol:
Biodegradability
Result: Readily biodegradable. Biodegradation: 99 % Exposure time: 30 d Method: OECD Test Guideline 301D
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
600 - 1,120 mg/g Incubation time: 5 d Remarks: (IUCLID)
Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
1,420 mg/g Remarks: (IUCLID)
ThOD
1,500 mg/g Remarks: (Lit.)
BOD/ThOD
76 % Remarks: Closed Bottle test (IUCLID)
Stability in water
Hydrolysis: 83 - 91 % at 19 °C(72 h) Remarks: Hydrolyzes on contact with water. Hydrolyzes readily. Degradation half life: 2.2 yr Remarks: reaction with hydroxyl radicals (IUCLID)
Photodegradation
Degradation (direct photolysis): 50 % Degradation half life: 17.2 d
Bioaccumulative potential
Components:
Methanol:
Bioaccumulation
Species: Cyprinus carpio (Carp) Bioconcentration factor (BCF): 1.0 Exposure time: 72 d Temperature: 20 °C Concentration: 5 mg/l
Partition coefficient: noctanol/water
log Pow: -0.77 (25 °C) Method: (experimental) Remarks: (HSDB) Bioaccumulation is not expected.
Mobility in soil
Components:
Methanol:
Stability in soil
Remarks: Will not adsorb on soil.
Other adverse effects
Components:
Methanol:
Results of PBT and vPvB assessment
Substance is not persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT).
Additional ecological information
Avoid release to the environment.