*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AB2710000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetaldehyde, 2,2-dichloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 79-02-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1739030
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03140 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H2-Cl2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 112.94
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHYGG
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetaldehyde, dichloro-
   * Chloroaldehyde
   * alpha,alpha-Dichloroacetaldehyde
   * 2,2-Dichloroacetaldehyde
   * NSC 5207
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,9,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,9,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Mold - Aspergillus nidulans
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,9,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
TEST SYSTEM             : Mold - Aspergillus nidulans
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 138,33,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   20,277,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Dominant lethal test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 176 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19,205,1977

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84597
       No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 788 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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