*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DC1980000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,2,4-Benzenetricarboxylic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 528-44-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2214815
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-03746 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H6-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 210.15
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVR BVQ DVQ
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,3,4-Benzenetricarboxylic acid
   * 1,4,5-Benzenetricarboxylic acid
   * 4-Carboxyphthalic acid
   * 1,2,4-Tricarboxybenzene
   * Trimellitic acid
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18(7),57,1974

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   BPCT** Progress Report from the Environmental Protection Agency to NIOSH on
   Benzenepolycarboxylates, 1974  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,183,1974

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83703
       No. of Facilities: 82 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 1278 (estimated)

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

 
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