High Production Volume Chemical Amine Oxides [C8–C20] Category Environmental Risk Assessment |
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| Authors: | Hans Sanderson Caritas Tibazarwa William Greggs Donald J Versteeg Yutaka Kasai Kathleen Stanton Richard I Sedlak |
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| Institution: | The Soap and Detergent Association, Washington, DC, USA.;The Procter and Gamble Company, Sharon Woods Technical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.;Kao Corporation, 2-1-3 Bunka, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 131-8501, Japan.;Current address: National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, P.O. Box 358, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. |
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| Abstract: | An environmental assessment of amine oxides has been conducted under the OECD SIDS High Production Volume (HPV) Program via the Global International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Amine Oxides Consortium. Amine oxides are primarily used in conjunction with surfactants in cleaning and personal care products. Given the lack of persistence or bioaccumulation, and the low likelihood of these chemicals partitioning to soil, the focus of the environmental assessment is on the aquatic environment. In the United States, the E-FAST model is used to estimate effluent concentrations in the United States from manufacturing facilities and from municipal facilities resulting from consumer product uses. Reasonable worst-case ratios of predicted environmental concentration (PEC) to predicted no effect concentration (PNEC) range from 0.04 to 0.003, demonstrating that these chemicals are a low risk to the environment. |
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| Keywords: | Amine oxides environmental risk assessment |
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