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HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

35 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema

REFERENCE :

BSIBAC Bolletino della Societe Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale. (Casa Editrice Idelson, Via A. de Gasperi, 55, 80133 Naples, Italy) V.2- 1927- Volume(issue)/page/year: 44,1685,1968

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Mammal - dog

DOSE/DURATION :

10 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Vascular - thrombosis distant from injection site

REFERENCE :

JCINAO Journal of Clinical Investigation. (Rockefeller Univ. Press, 1230 York Ave., New York, NY 10021) V.1- 1924- Volume(issue)/page/year: 42,860,1963 ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

12000 gm/kg/28W-C

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Liver - tumors

REFERENCE :

ANYAA9 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. (New York Academy of Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021) V.1- 1877- Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,678,1954 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 90340 No. of Facilities: 22741 (estimated) No. of Industries: 169 No. of Occupations: 130 No. of Employees: 286502 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X1608 No. of Facilities: 70 (estimated) No. of Industries: 3 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 1732 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X9436 No. of Facilities: 171 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 4 No. of Employees: 6525 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X9494 No. of Facilities: 115 (estimated) No. of Industries: 4 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 11850 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 11045 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 90340 No. of Facilities: 31430 (estimated) No. of Industries: 212 No. of Occupations: 147 No. of Employees: 545795 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 36750 (estimated)