Peroxide, diacetyl

DATA ITEMS CITED :

6

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C4-H6-O4

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

118.10

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

1VOOV1

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Rinsed with water

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration into the eye

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

REFERENCE :

ZAARAM Zentralblatt fuer Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitsschutz. (Darmstadt, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-25, 1951-75. Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,25,1958 ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Unreported

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

283 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease

REFERENCE :

RARSAM Radiation Research, Supplement. (New York, NY) No.1-7, 1959-67. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,193,1963 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - A1351 No. of Facilities: 47 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 2 No. of Employees: 377 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - A1351 No. of Facilities: 18 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 1 No. of Employees: 629 (estimated)