CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
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  RTECS NUMBER :
 
 
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  TR0400000
 
 
 
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  CHEMICAL NAME :
 
 
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  Polymethylmethacrylate
 
 
 
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  CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
 
 
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  9011-14-7
 
 
 
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  LAST UPDATED :
 
 
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  199710
 
 
 
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  DATA ITEMS CITED :
 
 
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  18
 
 
 
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  WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
 
 
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  /*1X*1&VO1/
 
 
 
HEALTH HAZARD DATA
ACUTE TOXICITY DATA
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  TYPE OF TEST :
 
 
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  TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
 
 
 
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  ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 
 
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  Implant
 
 
 
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  SPECIES OBSERVED :
 
 
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  Rodent - rat
 
 
 
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  DOSE/DURATION :
 
 
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  127 mg/kg
 
 
 
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  TOXIC EFFECTS :
 
 
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  Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
 
 
 
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  REFERENCE :
 
 
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  CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,333,1955
 
 
 
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  TYPE OF TEST :
 
 
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  TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
 
 
 
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  ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 
 
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  Implant
 
 
 
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  SPECIES OBSERVED :
 
 
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  Rodent - mouse
 
 
 
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  DOSE/DURATION :
 
 
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  800 mg/kg
 
 
 
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  TOXIC EFFECTS :
 
 
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  Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
 
 
 
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  REFERENCE :
 
 
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  PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1903/04- Volume(issue)/page/year: 87,329,1954
 
 
 
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  TYPE OF TEST :
 
 
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  TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
 
 
 
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  ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 
 
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  Implant
 
 
 
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  SPECIES OBSERVED :
 
 
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  Rodent - rat
 
 
 
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  DOSE/DURATION :
 
 
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  1882 mg/kg
 
 
 
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  TOXIC EFFECTS :
 
 
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  Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
 
 
 
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  REFERENCE :
 
 
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  BJEPA5 British Journal of Experimental Pathology. (Blackwell Scientific Pub. Ltd., POB 88, Oxford, UK) V.1- 1920- Volume(issue)/page/year: 45,21,1964
 
 
 
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  TYPE OF TEST :
 
 
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  TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
 
 
 
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  ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 
 
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  Implant
 
 
 
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  SPECIES OBSERVED :
 
 
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  Rodent - mouse
 
 
 
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  DOSE/DURATION :
 
 
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  13 gm/kg
 
 
 
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  TOXIC EFFECTS :
 
 
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  Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
 
 
 
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  REFERENCE :
 
 
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  CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year: 37,4367,1977
 
 
 
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  TYPE OF TEST :
 
 
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  TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
 
 
 
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  ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
 
 
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  Implant
 
 
 
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  SPECIES OBSERVED :
 
 
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  Rodent - mouse
 
 
 
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  DOSE/DURATION :
 
 
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  1280 mg/kg
 
 
 
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  TOXIC EFFECTS :
 
 
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  Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
 
 
 
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  REFERENCE :
 
 
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  TUMOAB Tumori. (Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Via G. Frua 6, 20146 Milan, Italy) V.1- 1911- Volume(issue)/page/year: 52,165,1966 *** REVIEWS *** IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,187,1979 IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate Evidence IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,187,1979 IARC Cancer Review:Group 3 IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) No.1- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,56,1987 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW CMTVAS Cahiers de Medecine du Travail. (Association Professionnelle Belge des Medecine du Travail, rue du Bultia, 6280 Gerpinnes, Belgium) V.1- 1963- Volume(issue)/page/year: 10(3),49,1973 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW ACEDAB Acta Endocrinologica, Supplementum (Copenhagen). (Periodica, Skolegade 12 E, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark) No.1- 1948- Volume(issue)/page/year: 185,296,1974 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW SMJOAV Southern Medical Journal. (Southern Medical Assoc., POB 2446, Birmingham, AL 35205) V.1- 1908- Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,1459,1974 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW ETOXAC Essays in Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1969- Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,1,1975 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - M0527 No. of Facilities: 2733 (estimated) No. of Industries: 52 No. of Occupations: 51 No. of Employees: 27574 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - E0216 No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 1 No. of Employees: 35 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 21 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - M0527 No. of Facilities: 7530 (estimated) No. of Industries: 92 No. of Occupations: 98 No. of Employees: 173808 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 74160 (estimated)
 
 
  
                                    
                                 
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