METHYL FLUOROSULFONATE

DATA ITEMS CITED :

8

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C-H3-F-O3-S

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

114.10

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

WSFO1

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Rinsed with water

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration into the eye

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

TYPE OF TEST :

LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

5 ppm/1H

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

112 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration onto the skin

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

DOSE/DURATION :

455 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Skin and Appendages - corrosive (after topical exposure)

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Morphological transformation

TEST SYSTEM :

Rodent - hamster Kidney

DOSE/DURATION :

25 ug/L

REFERENCE :

MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 51,285,1978