*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LR0350000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Formic acid, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 141-53-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 11
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H-O2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 68.01
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHO &-NA-
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Mravencan sodny
   * Salachlor
   * Sodium 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           : 11200 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           : 807 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       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer.  (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
   Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK)  V.1-    1947-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,160,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,463,1921
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,463,1921
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - sleep
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
REFERENCE :
   AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.  (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-109, 1873-1925.  For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,119,1886
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - miosis (pupillary constriction)
   Autonomic Nervous System - other (direct) parasympathomimetic
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume increased
REFERENCE :
   AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.  (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-109, 1873-1925.  For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,119,1886

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81986
       No. of Facilities: 707 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 20
       No. of Occupations: 24
       No. of Employees: 5113 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81986
       No. of Facilities: 1141 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 24
       No. of Occupations: 36
       No. of Employees: 18895 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6339 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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