title: High production volume chemical amine oxides [C8-C20] category environmental risk assessment.
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.
authors.affiliation: The Soap and Detergent Association, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Caritas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tibazarwa
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Greggs
authors.forename: Donald J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Versteeg
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stanton
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Sedlak
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D010087:Oxides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000633:toxicity; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D010087:Oxides