*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TQ4026000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Polyethylene glycol #1200
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 25322-68-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C2-H4-O)n-H2-O
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Polyglycol P-1200
 
                       *** 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           : 1054 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   DOWCC* Dow Chemical Company Reports.  (Dow Chemical USA, Health and
   Environment Research, Toxicology Research Lab., Midland, MI 48640)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: MSD-95

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T0788
       No. of Facilities: 60 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 1675 (estimated)
   
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80189
       No. of Facilities: 34023 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 237
       No. of Occupations: 159
       No. of Employees: 487377 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7669
       No. of Facilities: 37662 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 225
       No. of Occupations: 183
       No. of Employees: 1335913 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 861947 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-8800
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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