*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KX4075000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethylene, tetrafluoro-, polymers, combustion products
LAST UPDATED            : 199807
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Polytetrafluoroethylene deposition products
   * Tetrafluoroethylene polymers combustion products
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 45 mg/m3/30M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - conjunctive irritation
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   TXCYAC Toxicology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
   Limerick, Ireland) V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 26,25,1983

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-control as low as possible
   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,`997

 
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