*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AG7075000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetic acid, (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, ammonium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2307-55-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199510
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H6-Cl2-O3.H3-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 238.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV1OR BG DG &ZH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ammonium 2,4-D
   * Ammonium 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate
   * 2,4-D ammonium salt
   * (2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid ammonium salt
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Behavioral - coma
REFERENCE :
   JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.  (Cambridge, MA)
   V.18-31, 1936-49.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,85,1947
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1300 mg/kg/86W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   VPITAR Voprosy Pitaniya.  Problems of Nutrition.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya
   Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-10, 1932-41; V.11-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 33(5),83,1974
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 100 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 9 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 44(4),70,1979

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,111,1977

                    *** 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

 
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