*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VT8100000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Serine, L-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 56-45-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1721404
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-03118 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H7-N-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 105.11
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * beta-Hydroxyalanine
   * Serine
   * (-)-Serine
   * L-Serine
   * (S)-Serine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 280,279,1992

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81867
       No. of Facilities: 53 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 750 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81867
       No. of Facilities: 305 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 9
       No. of Employees: 5855 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 4144 (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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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

 
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