*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DB4550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzenesulfonic acid, linear alkyl-, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 68411-30-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Linear alkylbenzenesulfonate, sodium salt
   * LAS-Na
   * LAS, sodium salt
   * Straight-chain alkyl benzene sulfonate
 
                       *** 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           : 404 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
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: 24,397,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 810 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   TOIZAG Toho Igakkai Zasshi.  Journal of Medical Society of Toho University.
   (Toho Daigaku Igakkai, 21-16, Omori-nishi, 5-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143,
   Japan)  V.1-    1954-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,850,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 119 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   TOIZAG Toho Igakkai Zasshi.  Journal of Medical Society of Toho University.
   (Toho Daigaku Igakkai, 21-16, Omori-nishi, 5-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143,
   Japan)  V.1-    1954-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,850,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1575 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
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: 24,397,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   TOIZAG Toho Igakkai Zasshi.  Journal of Medical Society of Toho University.
   (Toho Daigaku Igakkai, 21-16, Omori-nishi, 5-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143,
   Japan)  V.1-    1954-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,850,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 207 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   TOIZAG Toho Igakkai Zasshi.  Journal of Medical Society of Toho University.
   (Toho Daigaku Igakkai, 21-16, Omori-nishi, 5-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143,
   Japan)  V.1-    1954-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,850,1978
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 53 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : multigenerations
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - blood and lymphatic
   systems (including spleen and marrow)
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - endocrine system
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,83,1971

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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