*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TR2725000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Poly(oxyethyleneoxyterephthaloyl)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 25038-59-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C10-H8-O4)x
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : /*OVR BVO2*/
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Amilar
   * Arnite A
   * Arnite A 200
   * Arnite A-049000
   * Arnite FP 800
   * Arnite G
   * Arnite G 600
   * Cassappret SR
   * Celanar
   * Cleartuf
   * Clertuf
   * Crastin S 330
   * Crastin S 350
   * Crastin S 440
   * Daiya foil
   * Dowlex
   * E 20 (Japanese polyester)
   * Estrofol
   * Estrofol B
   * Estrofol Ow
   * Ethylene terephthalate polymer
   * Fiber V
   * Hostadur
   * Hostadur A
   * Hostadur K
   * Hostadur K-VP 4022
   * Hostaphan
   * Hostaphan BNH
   * Hostaphan RN
   * Iambolen
   * KLT 40
   * Lavsan
   * Lawsonite
   * Lumilar 100
   * Lumirror
   * Lumirror 38S
   * Meliform
   * Melinex
   * Melinex O
   * Mylar
   * Mylar A
   * Mylar C
   * Mylar C-25
   * Mylar HS
   * Mylar T
   * Nitron lavsan
   * Nitron (polyester)
   * Pegoterate
   * Polyethylene terephthalate
   * Polyethylene terephthalate film
   * Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyloxycarbonyl-1,4-phenylenecarbonyl)
   * Scotch par
   * Superfloc
   * Terephtahlic acid-ethylene glycol polyester
   * Terfan
   * Tergal
   * Terom
   * Terphan
   * VFR 3801
   * Vituf
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 116 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   15,333,1955
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,325,1979

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T1206
       No. of Facilities: 12 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 72 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7312
       No. of Facilities: 3480 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 53
       No. of Occupations: 72
       No. of Employees: 194941 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 122103 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9203
       No. of Facilities: 228 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 24066 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2697 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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