Ingredient Safety Information
Diethyl Ester Dimethyl Ammonium Chloride (DEEDMAC)
DEEDMAC works as a softening agent helping to keep the textile fibres smooth. It reduces the friction of the fibres between each other and between the fibres and the skin of the wearer. This ingredient is usually used in fabric enhencers.
DEEDMAC is a readily degradable fabric softening cationic surfactant. The ester linkages allow DEEDMAC to be rapidly and completely biodegraded in environmental compartments such as raw sewage, activated sludge, anaerobic digestor sludge, sludge amended soil, and river waters.
Aquatic acute toxicity values range from 2.9 mg/L (EC50 Algae) to 14.8 mg/L (EC50 Daphnia). Chronic aquatic toxicity testing resulted in a lowest NOEC of 0.68 mg/L (Fish).
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DEEDMAC is a readily degradable fabric softening cationic surfactant. The ester linkages allow DEEDMAC to be rapidly and completely biodegraded in environmental compartments such as raw sewage, activated sludge, anaerobic digestor sludge, sludge amended soil, and river waters.
Aquatic acute toxicity values range from 2.9 mg/L (EC50 Algae) to 14.8 mg/L (EC50 Daphnia). Chronic aquatic toxicity testing resulted in a lowest NOEC of 0.68 mg/L (Fish).
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(PDF file)Put into filesafeSome Publications by P&G Scientists
- S.T. Giolando, R.A. Rapaport, R.J. Larson, T.W. Federle, M. Stalmans et P.H. Masscheleyn. Environmental fate and effects of DEEDMAC : A new rapidly biodegradable cationic surfactant for use in fabric softeners. Chemosphere, 30 (6), 1067-1083, 1995
- E. Matthijs, G. Debaere, N. Itrich, P.H. Masscheleyn, A. Rottiers, M. Stalmans et T. Federle. The Fate of Detergent Surfactants in Sewer Systems. Water Science Technology, 31 (7), 321-328, 1995.
