4-Methylbenzoic acid

DATA ITEMS CITED :

6

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C8-H8-O2

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

136.16

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

QVR D1

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

874 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) Cardiac - EKG changes not diagnostic of specified effects Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease

REFERENCE :

KSRNAM Kiso to Rinsho. Clinical Report. (Yubunsha Co., Ltd., 1-5, Kanda Suda-Cho, Chiyoda-ku, KS Bldg., Tokyo 101, Japan) V.1- 1960- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,1893,1978

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

2340 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) Cardiac - EKG changes not diagnostic of specified effects Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease

REFERENCE :

KSRNAM Kiso to Rinsho. Clinical Report. (Yubunsha Co., Ltd., 1-5, Kanda Suda-Cho, Chiyoda-ku, KS Bldg., Tokyo 101, Japan) V.1- 1960- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,1893,1978

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

916 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) Cardiac - EKG changes not diagnostic of specified effects Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease

REFERENCE :

KSRNAM Kiso to Rinsho. Clinical Report. (Yubunsha Co., Ltd., 1-5, Kanda Suda-Cho, Chiyoda-ku, KS Bldg., Tokyo 101, Japan) V.1- 1960- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,1893,1978 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - A1917 No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 5 No. of Employees: 4354 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 729 (estimated)