*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AJ4300010
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetic acid, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 127-09-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 14
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H3-O2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 82.04
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV1 &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Anhydrous sodium acetate
   * Natriumacetat
   * Octan sodny
   * Sodium acetate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19-3/1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19-3/1971
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3530 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FAONAU FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series.  (Rome, Italy)  No.?-57,
   1948-77.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,126,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >30 gm/m3/1H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19-3/1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6891 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.  (Cambridge, MA)
   V.18-31, 1936-49.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,78,1941
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,553,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1195 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JLCMAK Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.  (C.V. Mosby Co., 11830
   Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141)  V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,809,1944
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19-3/1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - toxic psychosis
   Behavioral - fluid intake
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume increased
REFERENCE :
   AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.  (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-109, 1873-1925.  For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,119,1886

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 68770
       No. of Facilities: 16581 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 122
       No. of Occupations: 65
       No. of Employees: 94994 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 68770
       No. of Facilities: 32101 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 192
       No. of Occupations: 151
       No. of Employees: 563021 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 247479 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: In vitro SCE-human lymphocytes; In vitro
   SCE-human
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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