*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KW5600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethylene glycol, dinitrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 628-96-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1709055
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-02413 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 31
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H4-N2-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 152.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WNO2ONW
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dinitroglicol
   * Dinitroglycol
   * EGDN
   * Ethanediol dinitrate
   * Ethylene dinitrate
   * Ethylene glycol dinitrate
   * Ethylene nitrate
   * Ethylenglykoldinitrat
   * Glycoldinitraat
   * Glycol dinitrate
   * Glycol (dinitrate de)
   * Glykoldinitrat
   * Nitroglycol
   * Nitroglykol
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : 75 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 200,271,1942
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - other changes
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 200,271,1942

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.31 mg/m3 (0.05 ppm) (skin)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD778-725

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   AJMEAZ American Journal of Medicine.  (Technical Pub., 875 Third Ave., New
   York, NY 10022) V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,409,1965

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):CL 0.2 ppm (1 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):CL 0.2 ppm (1 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):CL 0.2 ppm (1 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):CL 0.2 ppm (1 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 ppm (0.3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.05 ppm (0.31 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:STEL 0.02 ppm (0.12 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 ppm (0.6 mg/m3);STEL 0.3 ppm (2 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.25 ppm (1.5 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.05 ppm (0.3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:STEL 0.05 ppm (0.31 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.05 ppm (0.3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.2 ppm (1.2 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.05 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 ppm (0.6 mg/m3);STEL 0.3 ppm (1.9 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.05 ppm (0.3 mg/m3);STEL 0.1 ppm;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.2 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 ppm (1 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 ppm (1.2 mg/m3);STEL 0.2 ppm;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO ETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE-air:STEL 0.1 mg/m3 (Sk)
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Ethylene glycol dinitrate, 2507
   
   OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #43

 
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