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GHS Classification Guidance for the Japanese Government

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Acute Toxicity<br />

Category: Acute 1<br />

96 hr LC50 (<strong>for</strong> fish) ≤1 mg/l and/or<br />

48 hr EC50 (<strong>for</strong> crustacea) ≤1 mg/l and/or<br />

72 or 96hr ErC50 (<strong>for</strong> algae or o<strong>the</strong>r aquatic plants) ≤1 mg/l<br />

Category: Acute 2<br />

96 hr LC50 (<strong>for</strong> fish) >1-≤10 mg/l and/or<br />

48 hr EC50 (<strong>for</strong> crustacea) >1-≤10 mg/l and/or<br />

72 or 96hr ErC50 (<strong>for</strong> algae or o<strong>the</strong>r aquatic plants) >1-≤10 mg/<br />

Category: Acute 3<br />

96 hr LC50 (<strong>for</strong> fish) >10-≤100 mg/l and/or<br />

48 hr EC50 (<strong>for</strong> crustacea) >10-≤100 mg/l and/or<br />

72 or 96hr ErC50 (<strong>for</strong> algae or o<strong>the</strong>r aquatic plants) >10-≤100 mg/l<br />

Chronic toxicity<br />

Category: Chronic 1<br />

96 hr LC50 (<strong>for</strong> fish) ≤1 mg/l and/or<br />

48 hr EC50 (<strong>for</strong> crustacea) ≤1 mg/l and/or<br />

72 or 96hr ErC50 (<strong>for</strong> algae or o<strong>the</strong>r aquatic plants) ≤1 mg/l<br />

and <strong>the</strong> substance is not rapidly degradable and/or <strong>the</strong> log Kow ≥ 4 (unless <strong>the</strong><br />

experimentally determined BCF is 1 to ≤10 mg/l and/or<br />

48 hr EC50 (<strong>for</strong> crustacea) >1 to ≤10 mg/l and/or<br />

72 or 96hr ErC50 (<strong>for</strong> algae or o<strong>the</strong>r aquatic plants) >1 to ≤10 mg/l<br />

and <strong>the</strong> substance is not rapidly degradable and/or <strong>the</strong> log Kow ≥ 4 (unless <strong>the</strong><br />

experimentally determined BCF is 1 mg/l<br />

Category: Chronic 3<br />

96 hr LC50 (<strong>for</strong> fish) >10to≤100mg/l and/or<br />

48 hr EC50 (<strong>for</strong> crustacea) >10to≤100mg/l and/or<br />

72 or 96hr ErC50 (<strong>for</strong> algae or o<strong>the</strong>r aquatic plants) >10to≤100 mg/l<br />

and <strong>the</strong> substance is not rapidly degradable and/or <strong>the</strong> log Kow ≥ 4 (unless <strong>the</strong><br />

experimentally determined BCF is 1 mg/<br />

Category: Chronic 4<br />

Poorly soluble substances <strong>for</strong> which no acute toxicity is recorded at levels up to <strong>the</strong><br />

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