*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WI4725000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Stearic acid, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 822-16-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H35-O2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 306.52
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV17 &-NA-
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bonderlube 235
   * Flexichem B
   * Stearates
   * Octadecanoic acid, sodium salt
   * Prodhygine
   * Sodium octadecanoate
   * Sodium stearate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ATMPA2 Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology.  (Grune & Stratton,
   Inc., POB 6280, Duluth, MN 55806)  V.1-    1907-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   32,177,1938
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - thrombosis distant from injection site
REFERENCE :
   JCINAO Journal of Clinical Investigation.  (Rockefeller Univ. Press, 1230
   York Ave., New York, NY 10021)  V.1-    1924-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,860,1963

                              *** 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 - 69445
       No. of Facilities: 8011 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 75
       No. of Occupations: 89
       No. of Employees: 98215 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 69445
       No. of Facilities: 6021 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 60
       No. of Occupations: 54
       No. of Employees: 98046 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 35115 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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