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GHS Classification Guidance for the Japanese Government

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

48 hr EC50 (<strong>for</strong> crustacea) >1to ≤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 <br />

1mg/L<br />

Category: Chronic 3<br />

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

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

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

1mg/L<br />

Category: Chronic 4<br />

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

solubility, and which are not rapidly degradable and have a log Kow ≥4, indicating a<br />

potential to bioaccumulate, will be classified in this category unless o<strong>the</strong>r scientific<br />

evidence exists showing classification to be unnecessary. Such evidence would include an<br />

experimentally determined BCF 1 mg/l, or evidence<br />

of rapid degradation in <strong>the</strong> environment<br />

(3)Items on in<strong>for</strong>mation sources and data<br />

A) Data availability<br />

Most in<strong>for</strong>mation sources (shown in 4-1) of data <strong>for</strong> classification on acute aquatic toxicity,<br />

bioconcentration (Bioconcentration factor, octanol/water partition coefficient), rapid<br />

degradability (biotic or abiotic), and chronic aquatic toxicity can be easily accessed from web<br />

sites. Broad collection of related in<strong>for</strong>mation is important since data on stability of<br />

substances in water, water-solubilities, etc. are also used in classification.<br />

EU classification results, which are similar to <strong>GHS</strong> classification, are available as<br />

reference in<strong>for</strong>mation. They cannot, however, be directly used in <strong>GHS</strong> classification since<br />

classification criteria <strong>for</strong> chronic aquatic toxicity in EU classification is different from that in<br />

<strong>GHS</strong> classification and since its evidence in<strong>for</strong>mation is hard to obtain.<br />

B) Requirements <strong>for</strong> data to be collected and utilized<br />

1) In<strong>for</strong>mation on hazardous to <strong>the</strong> aquatic environment; Values of acute toxicity by<br />

aquatic exposure<br />

a) Requirements <strong>for</strong> data to be collected<br />

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