*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PX4520050
CHEMICAL NAME           : Metiram, methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 8064-35-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199012
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Basfungin
   * Basfungine
   * Methyl metiram
   * Propylene bisdithiocarbamate
 
                       *** 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           : 5200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   KHZDAN Khigiena i Zdraveopazvane.  Hygiene and Sanitation.  (Hemus, Blvd.
   Russki 6, Sofia, Bulgaria) V.9-    1966-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   20,515,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JFAN "Agrochemicals Handbook," with updates, Hartley, D., and H. Kidd,
   eds., Nottingham, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, 1983-86 Volume(issue)/page/year:
   A275,1983
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 312 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-20 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - behavioral
REFERENCE :
   DBANAD Doklady Bolgarskoi Akademii Nauk.  (Hemus, Blvd. Russki 6, Sofia,
   Bulgaria)  V.1-    1948-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1227,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 250 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 13 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - biochemical and metabolic
REFERENCE :
   JHEMA2 Journal of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
   (Avicenum, Malostranske namesti 28, 11802 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia)  V.1-
   1957-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,295,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 250 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 13 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - biochemical and metabolic
REFERENCE :
   JHEMA2 Journal of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
   (Avicenum, Malostranske namesti 28, 11802 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia)  V.1-
   1957-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,295,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 328 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-21 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - behavioral
REFERENCE :
   JHEMA2 Journal of Hygiene, Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Immunology.
   (Avicenum, Malostranske namesti 28, 11802 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia)  V.1-
   1957-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,295,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,533,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Dominant lethal test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1350 mg/kg/90D
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 46,240,1977

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae gene conversion

 
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