*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PC3570000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methanol, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 124-41-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H3-O.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 54.03
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : O1 &-NA- &6/1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Sodium methoxide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2037 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - chromodacryorrhea
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0555267

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80549
       No. of Facilities: 185 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 14
       No. of Employees: 3624 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 80549
       No. of Facilities: 330 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 9
       No. of Occupations: 27
       No. of Employees: 18230 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 4356 (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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