*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BX4725000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Aniline, N,N-dimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 121-69-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 58
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H11-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 121.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1N1&R
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
                          Human
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenamine, N,N-dimethyl-
   * (Dimethylamino)benzene
   * Dimethylaniline
   * N,N-Dimethylaniline
   * N,N-Dimethylbenzenamine
   * N,N-Dimethylphenylamine
   * Dwumetyloanilina
   * NCI-C56428
   * Versneller NL 63/10
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Open irritation test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   23,95,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,461,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,461,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
REFERENCE :
   NCPBBY National Clearinghouse for Poison Control Centers, Bulletin.  (U.S.
   Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: Jan/Feb,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1410 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   23,95,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - excitement
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 37(4),35,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
   Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
   GKNT, 1982  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,55,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 350 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1770 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   23,95,1962
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 32500 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Blood - changes in spleen
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   JTEHD6 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health.  (Hemisphere Pub.,
   1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005)  V.1-    1975/76-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,77,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 16250 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
   Blood - changes in bone marrow (not otherwise specified)
   Blood - changes in spleen
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 10700 ug/m3/5H/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - pigmented or nucleated red blood cells
   Blood - methemoglobinemia-carboxyhemoglobin
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - catalases
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 37(4),35,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 ug/m3/24H/14W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Blood - methemoglobinemia-carboxyhemoglobin
   Blood - changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 34(3),7,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 32500 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in spleen
REFERENCE :
   JTEHD6 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health.  (Hemisphere Pub.,
   1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005)  V.1-    1975/76-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,77,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 32500 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Blood - changes in spleen
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,1989
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 15450 mg/kg/2Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Endocrine - tumors
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 15450 mg/kg/2Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Endocrine - tumors
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,1989
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 485 mg/kg
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:
   21,349,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 485 mg/kg
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:
   21,349,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 900 umol/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:
   21,349,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 83 mg/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:
   13,60,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 mg/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:
   13,60,1989

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   ACGIH TLV-STEL 50 mg/m3 (10 ppm) (skin)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   ACGIH TLV-TWA 25 mg/m3 (5 ppm)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   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: 57,337,1993

   IARC Cancer Review:Human Inadequate 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: 57,337,1993

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
   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: 57,337,1993

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3) (skin)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 5 mg/m3;STEL 10 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (50 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO DIMETHYLANILINE-air:10H TWA 5 ppm (Sk);STEL 10 ppm (Sk)
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 26335
       No. of Facilities: 100 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 10
       No. of Employees: 2456 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 26335
       No. of Facilities: 1428 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 15
       No. of Occupations: 27
       No. of Employees: 30480 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 7448 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Amines, aromatic, 2002
   
   NTP Carcinogenesis Studies (gavage);some evidence:rat
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,89

   NTP Carcinogenesis Studies (gavage);equivocal evidence:mouse
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-360,89

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***