*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UD3425900
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, homopolymer, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 54193-36-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C4-H6-O2)x.xNa
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acrynax
   * Comet
   * Darvan 7
   * Daxad 30
   * Komet
   * Kometa
   * 2-Methyl-2-propenoic acid homopolymer sodium salt
   * Osakryl S
   * PMA-Na
   * Polymethacrylate sodium
   * Poly(methacrylic acid) sodium salt
   * Polymethakrylat sodny
   * Sodium polymethacrylate
   * Sodium polymethacrylic acid
   * Vinamul N 3311
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,146,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,1409,1986

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M3905
       No. of Facilities: 72046 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 252
       No. of Occupations: 117
       No. of Employees: 562194 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9947
       No. of Facilities: 10895 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 134
       No. of Occupations: 81
       No. of Employees: 136472 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 16000 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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