*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TQ5640000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Polyethylene glycol monostearate #400
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9004-99-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C2-H4-O)n.C18-H36-O2
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JAPMA8 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific
   Edition.  (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60.  For publisher information, see
   JPMSAE.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,428,1949

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80463
       No. of Facilities: 2667 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 10
       No. of Employees: 40362 (estimated)
   
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81475
       No. of Facilities: 1026 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 7
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 15937 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X8317
       No. of Facilities: 9882 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 71
       No. of Occupations: 99
       No. of Employees: 608690 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 461354 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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