*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XT6300000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Toluenesulfonic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 104-15-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0472690
REFERENCE               : 4-11-00-00241 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H8-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 172.21
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WSQR D1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Kyselina p-toluensulfonova
   * Manro PTSA 65 E
   * Manro PTSA 65 H
   * Manro PTSA 65 LS
   * p-Methylbenzenesulfonic acid
   * 4-Methylbenzenesulfonic acid
   * p-Methylphenylsulfonic acid
   * Toluenesulfonic acid
   * 4-Toluenesulfonic acid
   * p-Toluenesulphonic acid
   * p-Tolylsulfonic acid
   * Tosic acid
   * TSA-HP
   * TSA-MH
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2480 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,1055,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - quail
DOSE/DURATION           : >316 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EESADV Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,149,1982

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81921
       No. of Facilities: 3642 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 41
       No. of Occupations: 44
       No. of Employees: 56637 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81921
       No. of Facilities: 2703 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 59
       No. of Occupations: 67
       No. of Employees: 87942 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 19232 (estimated)

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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***