*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PA5400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methane, bromotrichloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 75-62-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1732543
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00077 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 11
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-Br-Cl3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 198.27
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GXGGE
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bromotrichloromethane
   * Carbon bromotrichloride
   * Carbon trichlorobromide
   * Monobromotrichloromethane
   * Trichlorobromomethane
   * Trichloromethyl bromide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   IJMDAI Israel Journal of Medical Sciences.  (POB 1435, Jerusalem 91013,
   Israel)  V.1-    1965-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,301,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 119 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,161,1982
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   TECSDY Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry.  (Gordon & Breach Science
   Pub. Inc., 1 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016)  V.3(3/4)-    1981-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,205,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   TECSDY Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry.  (Gordon & Breach Science
   Pub. Inc., 1 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016)  V.3(3/4)-    1981-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,205,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM             : Mammal - species unspecified Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,243,1982

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - A1152
       No. of Facilities: 17 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 34 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - A1152
       No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 1822 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 272 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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