*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RH0795000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Octanol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 123-96-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H18-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 130.26
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Capryl alcohol
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 6934 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(5),61,1986

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82155
       No. of Facilities: 158 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 1265 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82155
       No. of Facilities: 132 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 3640 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1361 (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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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