*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WY2435000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Telluric acid, (K2-O4-Te), dipotassium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 15571-91-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O4-Te.2K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 269.80
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Potassium tellurate
   * Potassium tellurate(VI)
 
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                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1944 mg/kg/1.8Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - structural or functional change in trachea
   or bronchi
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   AEHLAU Archives of Environmental Health.  (Heldref Pub., 4000 Albemarle St.,
   NW, Washington, DC 20016)  V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   24,66,1972

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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