*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VL0434500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Rose bengal
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 11121-48-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C666 BO EVJ DI FI IR BG CG DG EG FVO& LI MO NI
                          &-NA- 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bengal rose
   * C. I. 45440
   * Red No. 105
   * Rose bengale
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   SKEZAP Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi.  Food Hygiene Journal.  (Nippon Shokuhin
   Eisei Gakkai c/o Shokuhin Eisei Senta, 2-6-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
   150, Japan)  V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,298,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
   TRENAF Kenkyu Nenpo--Tokyo-toritsu Eisei Kenkyusho.  Annual Report of Tokyo
   Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health.  (Tokyo-toritsu Eisei
   Kenkyusho, 24-1, 3-chome, Hyakunin-cho, Shin-juku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1-
      1949/50-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,153,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Leukocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   NEZAAQ Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Hygiene.  (Nippon Eisei
   Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606,
   Japan)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,574,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 umol/L/5H (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,27,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - guinea pig Kidney
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,359,1974

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1527
       No. of Facilities: 381 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 4647 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1871 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: S cerevisiae gene conversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: B subtilis rec assay

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***