Not intended to be copied and sold for commercial purposes. It may enter the environment from industrial discharges, municipal waste water treatment discharges, or spills. Acute effects are seen two to four days after animals or plants come in contact with a toxic chemical substance. Isopropyl alcohol has slight toxicity to aquatic life. Insufficient data are available to evaluate or predict the short- term effects of isopropyl alcohol to plants, birds, or land animals.
Isopropyl alcohol has slight chronic toxicity to aquatic organisms.
Insufficient data are available to evaluate or predict the long- term effects of isopropyl alcohol to plants, birds, or land animals. Concentrations of 1,000 milligrams and more will mix with a liter of water. Isopropyl alcohol is slightly persistent in water, with a half-life of between 2 to 20 days. Some substances increase in concentration, or bioaccumulate, in living oranisms as they breathe contaminated air, drink contaminated water, or eat contaminated food. These chemicals can become concentrated in the tissues and internal organs of animals and humans.