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RTECS NUMBER            : GY1500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,3-Cyclopentadiene, methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 26519-91-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H8
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 80.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L5 AHJ X1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methylcyclopentadiene
   * Methyl-1,3-cyclopentadiene
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 46(1),94,1981

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M3979
       No. of Facilities: 3257 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 25
       No. of Employees: 38993 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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