*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VQ3020000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sarcosine, N-dodecyl-, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7631-98-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H30-N-O2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 279.45
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV1N1&12 &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Sodium N-dodecylsarcosinate
   * Sodium laurylsarcosinate
   * Sodium N-laurylsarcosinate
   * Sodium N-lauryl sarcosine
 
                       *** 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           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#00171
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 341 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   24,181,1994

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M4133
       No. of Facilities: 5495 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 24
       No. of Occupations: 17
       No. of Employees: 37916 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4133
       No. of Facilities: 112 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 2383 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1032 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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