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Table 1 Criteria for assessment of PBT and vPvB properties according to REACH Annex XIII, number 1

From: A weight-of-evidence approach to assess chemicals: case study on the assessment of persistence of 4,6-substituted phenolic benzotriazoles in the environment

 

PBT

vPvB

Persistence

 Screening criterion

Not readily biodegradable

Degradation half-lives (days)

 Water, marine

>60

>60

 Fresh water

>40

>60

 Marine sediment

>180

>180

 Fresh water sediment

>120

>180

 Soil

>120

>180

Bioaccumulation

 Screening criterion

Log K ow >4.5

 

 BCF

>2000

>5000

Toxicity

NOEC <0.01 mg/l

CMR

 

Endocrine active