*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LQ9625000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Formic acid, potassium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 590-29-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H-O2.K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 84.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHO &-KA-
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Mravencan draselny
   * Potassium formate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZERNAL Zeitschrift fuer Ernaehrungswissenschaft.  (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff
   Verlag, Postfach 111008, D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1- 1960- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,332,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 95 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZERNAL Zeitschrift fuer Ernaehrungswissenschaft.  (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff
   Verlag, Postfach 111008, D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1- 1960- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,332,1969

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   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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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