*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RR0550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Oxirane, methyl-, polymer with oxirane, monobutyl
                          ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9038-95-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methyloxirane polymer with oxirane monobutyl ester
 
                       *** 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           : 5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   17,498,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >20 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,20,1973

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M3240
       No. of Facilities: 11418 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 97
       No. of Occupations: 55
       No. of Employees: 75965 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9920
       No. of Facilities: 9233 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 115
       No. of Occupations: 81
       No. of Employees: 152026 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 35534 (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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