*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : WS5650000 CHEMICAL NAME : Sulfuric acid, aluminum potassium salt (2:1:1) CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 10043-67-1 LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 8 MOLECULAR FORMULA : O8-S2.Al.K MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 258.20 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Aluminum potassium alum * Aluminum potassium disulfate * Aluminum potassium sulfate, alum * Aluminum potassium sulfate, anhydrous * Alum potassium * Burnt alum * Burnt potassium alum * Dialuminum dipotassium sulfate * Exsiccated alum * Potash alum * Potassium aluminum sulfate (1:1:2) *** 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 : 4355 mg/kg/26W-I TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - alteration of classical conditioning Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - phosphatases REFERENCE : GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 43(5),101,1978 TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 8040 mg/kg/67D-C TOXIC EFFECTS : Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol) Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in phosphorus REFERENCE : FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,616,1988 ** MUTATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified DOSE/DURATION : 50 umol/L REFERENCE : MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 264,135,1991 TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 824 mg/kg/7D (Continuous) REFERENCE : CYTBAI Cytobios. (Faculty Press, 88 Regent St., Cambridge, UK) V.1- 1969- Volume(issue)/page/year: 66,105,1991 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X4506 No. of Facilities: 744 (estimated) No. of Industries: 7 No. of Occupations: 12 No. of Employees: 8512 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 1433 (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 *** END OF RECORD ***