*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : VV8850000 CHEMICAL NAME : Silicic acid CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7699-41-4 LAST UPDATED : 199701 DATA ITEMS CITED : 8 MOLECULAR FORMULA : H2-O3-Si MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 78.11 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ..H2.SI-O3 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen Mutagen Primary Irritant SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Bio-Sil * Kieselsaure * Metasilicic acid *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 8300 ug/48H REFERENCE : JANCA2 Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. (Assoc. of Official Analytical Chemists, 1111 N. 19th St., Suite 210, Arlington, VA 22209) V.49- 1966- Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,905,1973 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 234 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health. (Chicago, IL) V.11-21, 1955-60. For publisher information, see AEHLAU. Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,204,1958 ** MUTATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - species unspecified Lymphocyte DOSE/DURATION : 500 mmol/L REFERENCE : MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 208,27,1988 *** REVIEWS *** IARC Cancer Review:Animal 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: 42,39,1987 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: 42,39,1987 IARC Cancer Review:Group 3 IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) No.1- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,341,1987 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Silica, amorphous, 7501 *** END OF RECORD ***