*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KI1750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethanedioic acid, disodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 62-76-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-O4.2Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 134.00
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVVQ &-NA- 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Disodium oxalate
   * Natriumoxalat
   * Oxalic acid, disodium salt
   * Sodium oxalate
   * Stavelan sodny
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 17 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - coma
   Cardiac - arrhythmias (including changes in conduction)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume decreased
REFERENCE :
   MLDCAS Medecine Legale et Dommage Corporel.  (Paris, France)  V.1-7,
   1968-74.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,178,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 155 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ABMGAJ Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica.  (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-41,
   1958-82.  For publisher information, see BBIADT. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,498,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,255,1901
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HDWU** "Beitrage zur Toxikologie des Athylenoxyds und der Glykole,
   Dissertation," Hofbauer, A., Pharmakologischen Institut der Universitat
   Wurzburg, Fed. Rep. Ger., 1933  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1933

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84235
       No. of Facilities: 940 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 14
       No. of Occupations: 14
       No. of Employees: 9551 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 84235
       No. of Facilities: 583 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 11
       No. of Occupations: 12
       No. of Employees: 8309 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 3508 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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