2-Methoxyethyl acetate

DATA ITEMS CITED :

49

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C5-H10-O3

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

118.15

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

1VO2O1

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Standard Draize test

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration into the eye

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Human

DOSE/DURATION :

1000 mg/m3

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cough Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

2900 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression

TYPE OF TEST :

LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

7000 ppm/4H

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

1200 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - general anesthetic Behavioral - muscle weakness Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - renal function tests depressed

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

3100 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression

TYPE OF TEST :

LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Mammal - cat

DOSE/DURATION :

6 gm/m3/7H

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation Behavioral - food intake (animal) Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Mammal - cat

DOSE/DURATION :

3 gm/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - muscle weakness Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration onto the skin

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

DOSE/DURATION :

5250 uL/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - guinea pig

DOSE/DURATION :

1250 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - general anesthetic Gastrointestinal - other changes Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - guinea pig

DOSE/DURATION :

5 gm/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

DOSE :

12500 mg/kg

SEX/DURATION :

male 25 day(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

DOSE :

50 gm/kg

SEX/DURATION :

male 25 day(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Paternal Effects - prostate, seminal vesicle, Cowper's gland, accessory glands

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

DOSE :

9800 mg/kg

SEX/DURATION :

female 7-14 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants)

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

DOSE :

9800 mg/kg

SEX/DURATION :

female 6-13 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - litter size (e.g. # fetuses per litter; measured before birth)

TYPE OF TEST :

Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction

TEST SYSTEM :

Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

REFERENCE :

MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 149,339,1985 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 24 mg/m3 (5 ppm) (skin) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3) (skin) DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,159,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3) (skin) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1910.1000,1994 OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3) (skin) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1926.55,1994 OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3) (skin) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1915.1000,1993 OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3) (skin) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,50-204.50,1994 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 5 ppm (24 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 5 ppm (24 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 5 ppm (24 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3);STEL 40 ppm (180 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 5 ppm (24 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 25 mg/m3;STEL 50 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-JAPAN:TWA 5 ppm (24 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 5 ppm (24 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-POLAND:TWA 100 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 5 ppm JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 25 ppm (120 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 5 ppm (24 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO EGMEA-air:10H TWA 0.1 ppm (Sk) REFERENCE : NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda. Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992 NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 46935 No. of Facilities: 2907 (estimated) No. of Industries: 45 No. of Occupations: 49 No. of Employees: 20492 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 46935 No. of Facilities: 658 (estimated) No. of Industries: 20 No. of Occupations: 27 No. of Employees: 9892 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 2801 (estimated)