*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SC7310000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Perboric acid, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7632-04-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : B-H-O3.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 82.81
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Sodium borate
   * Sodium perborate
   * Sodium peroxoborate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
REFERENCE :
   SKEZAP Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi.  Food Hygiene Journal.  (Nippon Shokuhin
   Eisei Gakkai c/o Shokuhin Eisei Senta, 2-6-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
   150, Japan)  V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,553,1986
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 224,219,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 3300 pmol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,171,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 224,219,1989

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81993
       No. of Facilities: 3266 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 31
       No. of Occupations: 32
       No. of Employees: 27636 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81993
       No. of Facilities: 10821 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 105
       No. of Occupations: 76
       No. of Employees: 194947 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 75222 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: E coli polA without S9
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-8786
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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