Poly(vinyl alcohol)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

23854 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - muscle weakness Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea Liver - other changes

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

14270 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - muscle weakness Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea Liver - other changes

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - guinea pig

DOSE/DURATION :

18750 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - muscle weakness Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea Liver - other changes

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

2184 mg/kg/26W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - transaminases

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

14700 mg/kg/35W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Liver - other changes Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes Blood - other changes

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

DOSE :

14700 mg/kg

SEX/DURATION :

female 35 week(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - pre-implantation mortality (e.g. reduction in number of implants per female; total number of implants per corpora lutea)

MUTATION DATA

TEST SYSTEM :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

14700 mg/kg

REFERENCE :

GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(9),83,1988 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 81944 No. of Facilities: 17615 (estimated) No. of Industries: 159 No. of Occupations: 98 No. of Employees: 124708 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X8571 No. of Facilities: 25435 (estimated) No. of Industries: 181 No. of Occupations: 133 No. of Employees: 500947 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 183064 (estimated)