Appendix 6 - Database of Chemicals Most Commonly Associated with Treated Ballast Water
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Appendix 6 - Database of Chemicals Most Commonly Associated with Treated Ballast Water

 For the 41 chemicals presented below, the GESAMP-BWWG holds sufficient information from the literature on physico-chemical, ecotoxicological and toxicological properties and no additional supporting information needs to be submitted by applicants. It is recommended that applicants make use of the latest version of the Database, as published by the MEPC when preparing their application dossiers.

The latest version of the GESAMP-BWWG Database is provided as a GISIS module (https://gisis.imo.org/).

Substance CAS-number
Acetaldehyde 75-07-0
Bromate ion 15541-45-4  
Bromochloroacetic acid 5589-96-8  
Bromochloroacetonitrile 83463-62-1  
Chloral hydrate 302-17-0  
Chloropicrin 76-06-2  
Dalapon 75-99-0  
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane 96-12-8  
Dibromoacetic acid 631-64-1  
Dibromoacetonitrile 3252-43-5  
Dibromochloroacetic acid 5278-95-5  
Dibromochloromethane 124-48-1  
1,1-dichloroethane 75-34-3  
1,1-dibromoethane 557-91-5  
Dibromomethane 74-95-3  
Dichloroacetic acid 79-43-6  
Dichloroacetonitrile 3018-12-0  
Dichlorobromoacetic acid 71133-14-7  
Dichlorobromomethane 75-27-4  
1,2-dichloroethane 107-06-2  
Dichloromethane 75-09-2  
1,2-dichloropropane 78-87-5  
Formaldehyde 50-00-0  
Monobromoacetic acid 79-08-3  
Monobromoacetonitrile 590-17-0  
Monochloroacetic acid 79-11-8  
Monochloroacetonitrile 107-14-2  
Monochloroamine 10599-90-3  
Sodium hypochlorite 7681-52-9  
Sodium thiosulphate 7772-98-7  
Tetrachloromethane 56-23-5  
Tribromoacetic acid 75-96-7  
Tribromomethane 75-25-2  
2,4,6-tribromophenol 118-79-6  
Trichloroacetic acid 76-03-9  
Trichloroacetonitrile 545-06-2  
Trichloroethene 79-01-6  
1,1,1-trichloroethane 71-55-6  
1,1,2-trichloroethane 79-00-5  
Trichloromethane 67-66-3  
Trichloropropane 96-18-4  
Parent topic: Annex – Revised Methodology for Information Gathering and Conduct of Work of the GESAMP-BWWG. Approved by MEPC 71 on 7 July 2017
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