*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RS2060000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Oxygen
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7782-44-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 23
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 32.00
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .O2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Human
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 pph/14H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cough
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   JAMAAP JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association.  (AMA, 535 N.
   Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610)  V.1-    1883-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   128,710,1945
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE                    : 12 pph/10M
SEX/DURATION            : female 26-39 week(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - cardiovascular
   (circulatory) system
REFERENCE :
   AJOGAH American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  (C.V. Mosby Co.,
   11830 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146)  V.1-    1920-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 82,1055,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 10 pph/12H
SEX/DURATION            : female 22 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - respiratory system
REFERENCE :
   AJPHAP American Journal of Physiology.  (American Physiological Soc., 9650
   Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814)  V.1-    1898- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   257,L221,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 10 pph/9H
SEX/DURATION            : female 22 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - respiratory system
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - physical
REFERENCE :
   AJPHAP American Journal of Physiology.  (American Physiological Soc., 9650
   Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814)  V.1-    1898- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   257,L221,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 10 pph/24H
SEX/DURATION            : female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - skin and skin
   appendages
REFERENCE :
   NDKIA2 Kankyo Igaku Kenkyusho Nenpo (Nagoya Daigaku).  Annual Report of the
   Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University.  (Nagoya
   Daigaku Kankyo Igaku Kenkyusho, Furo-cho, Chikosa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan)
   V.1-    1949-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,89,1985
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 40 pph/4D
REFERENCE :
   HUGEDQ Human Genetics.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44
   Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.31-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   74,438,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 pph/3D (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 219,17,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 80 pph
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,27,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 pph
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 219,17,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 95 pph/24H
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,27,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Bird - chicken Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 80 pph
REFERENCE :
   ACATA5 Acta Anatomica.  (S. Karger Pub., Inc., 79 Fifth Ave., New York, NY
   10003)  V.1-    1945-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 94,520,1976

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   FEPRA7 Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for
   Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD)  V.1-46, 1942-87.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,89,1976

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   CEFYAD Ceskoslovenska Fysiologie.  (Academia, Vodickova 40, 112 29 Prague 1,
   Czechoslovakia) V.1-    1952-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,513,1974

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   PTPBD7 Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Part B: General and Systematic
   Pharmacology.  (Oxford, UK) V.1-3, 1975-78.  For publisher information, see
   PHTHDT.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,731,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   32RWA4 "Free Radicals in Biology," Pryor, W.A., ed., V.1- , New York,
   Academic Press, Inc., 1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,239,1976

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ANESAV Anesthesiology.  (Lippincott/Harper, Journal Fulfillment Dept., 2350
   Virginia Ave., Hagerstown, MD 21740)  V.1-    1940- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   37,210,1972

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M0006
       No. of Facilities: 917 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 23
       No. of Occupations: 33
       No. of Employees: 9677 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M0006
       No. of Facilities: 7113 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 81
       No. of Occupations: 90
       No. of Employees: 189129 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 87473 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: V79 cell culture-gene mutation
   
   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
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Oxygen, 6601

 
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