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Office of Chemical Safety and
Pollution Prevention

Draft Risk Evaluation for
1-Bromopropane (1-BP)

Systematic Review Supplemental File:

Data Extraction Tables for Fate and Transport Studies

August 2019



United States

Environmental Protection Agency

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Table of Contents

Table 1. Biodegradation Study Summary for 1-Bromopropane	3

Table 2. Photolysis Study Summary for 1-Bromopropane	4

Table 3. Hydrolysis Study Summary for 1-Bromopropane	4

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Table 1. Biodegradation Study Summary for 1-Bromopropane

Study Type (year)

Initial
Concentration

Inoculum

Sou rcc

(An)acrobic
Status

Du ration

Result

Comments

HERO ID

Data Quality
Rating

Water

Other; Acinetobacter sp.

Strain GJ70 is isolated from
activated sludge and its ability
to degrade bromopropane by
releasing Br- is demonstrated.

2mM

activated
sludge,
industrial
(adaptation
not specified)

aerobic

6 days

Initial concentration of
bromopropane was 2 mM.
Final concentration was
<0.0005 mM after 6 days in
this pure culture study.



2228540

High

Other; Dehalogenation of
hydrophobic bromoalkanes by
two Pseudomonas strains

Not reported

Other; pure
culture study

aerobic

4-6 hours

Growth of Pseudomonas
bacterial strains ES-1 and
ES-2 with corresponding
Br- release reported.



4140374

High

OECD Guideline 301 C
(Ready Biodegradability:
Modified MITI Test (I)); MITI

tests results compared to
CATABOL biodegradability
prediction model

Not reported

activated
sludge, non-
adapted

aerobic

28 days

70% in 28 days based on
biochemical oxygen
demand (BOD). The
CATABOL prediction was
21% in 28 days.



2990985

Medium

Other; this study is a review

focusing on the
dehalogenation of brominated
aliphatic compounds by

bacteria containing
dehalogenase enzymes. 1-
bromopropane is included and

shown to be degraded by
strain ES-2. No methodology
for the new data is presented.

Not reported

Other:
bacteria
containing
dehalogenase
enzymes

Not reported

Not
reported

The data from this study is
presented with detailed
methodology in Shochat E
etal. 1993. "Bromoalkane-
Degrading Pseudomonas
Strains" (HERO ID:
4140374)

This study is a
review article with
limited details
reported.

1737896

Low

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Table 2. Photolysis Study Summary for 1-Bromopropane

Study Type
(year)

Wavelength Range

Duration

Result

Comments

HERO ID

Data Quality
Rating

Air

Other; photolysis

study of
degradantofl-
bromopropane

308 and 351 nm (laser);
300 to 400 nm
(fluorescent black lamps)

Not
applicable

Lifetime for direct photolysis of analogue;
Bromoacetone atmospheric photolysis
lifetime is approximately hours at mid-
latitudes in daytime



1733974

High

Table 3. Hydrolysis Study Summary for 1-Bromopropane

Study Type
(year)

pH

Temperature

Duration

Results

Comments

HERO ID

Data Quality
Rating

Other; review
paper, includes
calculation

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298 K

Not reported

Hydrolysis half-life = 26
days

[calculated directly from
calculated kh, t(l/2) =
0.693/khl

Article not useful without cited reference
(Laughton, P.M., and Robertson, R.E.,
Can. J. Chem. 37,1491 (1959).

9848

Low

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