*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TR6250000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Polyram
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9006-42-2
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 8012-48-4
                          8063-75-0
                          11095-13-9
                          11116-49-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : /*-ZN-SYUS&M2MYUS&S*/ &/*SYUS&M2MYUS&S*/
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Amarex
   * Carbatene
   * FMC-9102
   * Metiram
   * Metiram-complex
   * Metirame zinc
   * NIA 9102
   * Polikarbatsin
   * Polycarbacin
   * Polycarbacine
   * Polycarbazin
   * Polycarbazine
   * Polymarcin
   * Polymarcine
   * Polymarsin
   * Polymarzin
   * Polymarzine
   * Polymat
   * Polyram 80
   * Polyram combi
   * Polyram DF
   * Polyram 80WP
   * Zinc ammoniate ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate)-poly(ethylenethiuram  
   disulfide)
   * Zinc metiram
   * Zineb-ethylene thiuram disulfide adduct
 
                       *** 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           : 2850 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VRDEA5 Vrachebnoe Delo.  Medical Practice.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga,
   113095 Moscow, USSR) No.1-    1918-  Volume(issue)/page/year: (9),130,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >5700 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PEMNDP Pesticide Manual.  (The British Crop Protection Council, 20 Bridport
   Rd., Thornton Heath CR4 7QG, UK)  V.1-    1968-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   9,864,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FMCHA2 Farm Chemicals Handbook.  (Meister Pub., 37841 Euclid Ave.,
   Willoughy, OH 44094)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,C202,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement.  (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
   Ger.)  V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,618,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2630 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VETNAL Veterinariya.  Veterinary Science.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga,
   113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-    1924-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56(6),59,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 620 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VETNAL Veterinariya.  Veterinary Science.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga,
   113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-    1924-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56(6),59,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 2400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCOC** Pesticide Chemicals Official Compendium, Association of the American
   Pesticide Control Officials, Inc., 1966.  (Topeka, KS)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,923,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 3750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 32(2),33,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION           : 7660 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VETNAL Veterinariya.  Veterinary Science.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga,
   113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-    1924-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56(6),59,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - domestic
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VETNAL Veterinariya.  Veterinary Science.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga,
   113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-    1924-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56(6),59,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 5250 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 34(12),8,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 3290 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 45(5),29,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ppm
REFERENCE :
   RSTUDV Rivista di Scienza e Technologia degli Alimenti e di Nutrizione
   Umana.  Review of Science and Technology of Food and Human Nutrition.
   (Bologna, Italy)  V.5-6, 1975-76.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,161,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ppm
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,533,1970

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae gene conversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: In vitro UDS-human fibroblast; S
   cerevisiae-homozygosis

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***