*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TR8300000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Poly(1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone) Hueper's Polymer No.5
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9003-39-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C6-H9-N-O)x
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : /T5NVTJ AY*1*/
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * PVP 5
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
   Endocrine - tumors
REFERENCE :
   AMPLAO AMA Archives of Pathology.  (Chicago, IL)  V.50(4)-69, 1950-60.  For
   publisher information, see APLMAS.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,589,1959
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
   Reproductive - Tumorigenic effects - uterine tumors
REFERENCE :
   AMPLAO AMA Archives of Pathology.  (Chicago, IL)  V.50(4)-69, 1950-60.  For
   publisher information, see APLMAS.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,589,1959
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 8000 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Cardiac - tumors
   Endocrine - tumors
REFERENCE :
   AMPLAO AMA Archives of Pathology.  (Chicago, IL)  V.50(4)-69, 1950-60.  For
   publisher information, see APLMAS.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,589,1959

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Limited Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,461,1979

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81235
       No. of Facilities: 7856 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 50
       No. of Occupations: 63
       No. of Employees: 102100 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7211
       No. of Facilities: 7688 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 46
       No. of Occupations: 63
       No. of Employees: 161259 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 84819 (estimated)

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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***