*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RG0182000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Octadecanamide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 124-26-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0909006
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01240 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H37-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 283.56
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZV17
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Kemamide S
   * Stearamide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   26,105,1966

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M4134
       No. of Facilities: 119 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 9
       No. of Employees: 1994 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4134
       No. of Facilities: 529 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 11
       No. of Occupations: 20
       No. of Employees: 23611 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 11289 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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