*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : JT6484500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Dow corning 200 fluid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 63148-62-9
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 9049-10-9
                          9076-36-2
                          12684-12-7
                          37221-45-7
                          39476-41-0
                          53125-20-5
                          83047-13-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dimethyl siloxane
   * Dow corning 200
   * Dow corning 561
   * Siloxane, dimethyl-
   * Syltherm 800
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 120 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   ISMJAV Israel Medical Journal.  (Jerusalem, Israel)  V.17-23, 1958-64.  For
   publisher information, see IJMDAI.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,15,1963

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80615
       No. of Facilities: 8498 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 64
       No. of Occupations: 49
       No. of Employees: 79858 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6499
       No. of Facilities: 88303 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 357
       No. of Occupations: 199
       No. of Employees: 1647067 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 337044 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Rodent dominant lethal
   
   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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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