121-91-5

DATA ITEMS CITED :

8

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C8-H6-O4

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

166.14

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

QVR CVQ

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Standard Draize test

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration into the eye

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

REFERENCE :

85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,317,1986 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

10400 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,317,1986

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

4200 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - excitement Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease

REFERENCE :

COREAF Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, Academie des Sciences. (Paris, France) V.1-261, 1835-1965. For publisher information, see CRASEV. Volume(issue)/page/year: 246,851,1958 *** REVIEWS *** TOXICOLOGY REVIEW BPCT** Progress Report from the Environmental Protection Agency to NIOSH on Benzenepolycarboxylates, 1974 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,183,1974 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 82897 No. of Facilities: 3665 (estimated) No. of Industries: 67 No. of Occupations: 68 No. of Employees: 55161 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 82897 No. of Facilities: 8709 (estimated) No. of Industries: 59 No. of Occupations: 49 No. of Employees: 117411 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 17858 (estimated)