*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DD6520000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Benzimidazolecarbamic acid, methyl ester and sodium
                          nitrite (5:1)
LAST UPDATED            : 198910
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BM DNJ CMVO1 &.NA..N-O2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Carbendazim and sodium nitrite (5:1)
   * Methyl-2-benzimidazole carbamate and sodium nitrite
   * Sodium nitrite and carbendazim (1:5)
   * Sodium nitrite and methyl-2-benzimidazole carbamate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 31 gm/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   IJCNAW International Journal of Cancer.  (International Union Against
   Cancer, 3 rue du Conseil- General, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland)  V.1-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,830,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3000 mg/kg
                          female 7-14 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Reproductive - Tumorigenic effects - transplacental tumorigenesis
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   IJCNAW International Journal of Cancer.  (International Union Against
   Cancer, 3 rue du Conseil- General, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland)  V.1-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,742,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 88 gm/kg/12W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   MGONAD Magyar Onkologia. Hungarian Oncology.  (Kultura, POB 149, H-1389
   Budapest, Hungary) V.1-    1957-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,175,1975
 
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