*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ES9275000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butyric acid, 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10433-59-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H9-Cl2-O3.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 271.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV3OR BG DG &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butanoic acid, 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-, sodium salt
   * 2,4-DB sodium salt
   * gamma-(2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)butyric acid, sodium salt
   * 2,4-Dichlorophenoxybutyric acid, sodium salt
   * Embutone
   * Embutox
   * Embutox E
   * MB 2878
   * Sodium, 2,4-dichlorophenoxybutyrate
   * SYS 67B
 
                       *** 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           : 700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GUCHAZ Guide to the Chemicals Used in Crop Protection.  (Information Canada,
   171 Slater St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,153,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCOC** Pesticide Chemicals Official Compendium, Association of the American
   Pesticide Control Officials, Inc., 1966.  (Topeka, KS)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,367,1966
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 5100 mg/kg/15D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Related to Chronic Data - death
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: 10(3),50,1966

                    *** 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

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: TRP reversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: E coli polA without S9

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***