*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BP6360000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, diallyldimethyl-, chloride, polymers
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 26062-79-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C8-H16-N.Cl)x
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Agefloc WT 20
   * Calgon 261
   * Calgon 261LV
   * Calgon polymer 261
   * Cat-floc
   * Conductive polymer 261
   * CP 261
   * CP 261LV
   * E 261
   * Lectrapel
   * 261LV
   * Merck 261
   * Merquat 100
   * PAS-H 10
   * 2-Propen-1-aminium, N,N-dimethyl-N-2-propenyl-, chloride, homopolymer
   * PBK 1
   * Percol 1697
   * Polymer 261
   * Polymer 261LV
   * Polyquaternium 6
   * Quaternium 40
   * VPK 402
 
                       *** 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           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(3),66,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1720 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(3),66,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 3250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(3),66,1988
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 18300 mg/kg/9W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
   Blood - changes in spleen
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(3),66,1988

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M2831
       No. of Facilities: 61 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 1617 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6844
       No. of Facilities: 413 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 4392 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2528 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***