*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DI3087000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzonitrile,
                          2-((4-((2-cyanoethyl)ethylamino)phenyl)azo)-5-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 16889-10-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1845081
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H16-N6-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 348.40
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dispersive rubin polyether
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 560 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(10),92,1988

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M2060
       No. of Facilities: 115 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 3732 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M2060
       No. of Facilities: 143 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 27570 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 16985 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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