*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WI4390000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Stearic acid, magnesium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 557-04-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C36-H70-O4.Mg
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 591.37
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dibasic magnesium stearate
   * Magnesium stearate
   * Octadecanoic acid, magnesium salt
   * Petrac MG 20NF
   * Stearates
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1092 gm/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TXCYAC Toxicology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
   Limerick, Ireland) V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,51,1980

                              *** 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-TWA 10 mg/m3
   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

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81884
       No. of Facilities: 2092 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 19
       No. of Occupations: 34
       No. of Employees: 31116 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6914
       No. of Facilities: 64 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 320 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81884
       No. of Facilities: 5057 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 57
       No. of Occupations: 78
       No. of Employees: 184994 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 101129 (estimated)

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

 
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