*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XU3150000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Toluidine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 106-49-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 35
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H9-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 107.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR D1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1-Amino-4-methylbenzene
   * 4-Amino-1-methylbenzene
   * 4-Aminotoluen
   * p-Aminotoluene
   * 4-Aminotoluene
   * Aniline, p-methyl-
   * Benzenamine, 4-methyl-
   * C.I. 37107
   * C.I. Azoic Coupling Component 107
   * p-Methylaniline
   * 4-Methylaniline
   * p-Methylbenzenamine
   * 4-Methylbenzenamine
   * Naphtol AS-KG
   * Naphtol AS-KGLL
   * RCRA waste number U353
   * p-Toluidin
   * 4-Toluidine
   * p-Toluidine
   * p-Toluidyna
   * Tolylamine
   * p-Tolylamine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31-4/1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,460,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31-4/1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,460,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 336 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   BCTKAG Bromatologia i Chemia Toksykologiczna.  (Ars Polona, POB 1001, 00-068
   Warsaw 1, Poland) V.4-    1971-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,51,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >640 mg/m3/1H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31-4/1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 330 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 25(8),50,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD691-490
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 270 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VINIT* Vsesoyuznyi Institut Nauchnoi i Tekhnicheskoi Informatsii (VINITI).
   All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information.  (Moscow, USSR)
    Use information broker to obtain publications. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   #4035-77
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 890 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BIOFX* BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets.  (1810
   Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31-4/1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - quail
DOSE/DURATION           : 237 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
   (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
   070944)  V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,355,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION           : 42 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,315,1972
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4560 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - proteinuria
   Blood - normocytic anemia
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   VINIT* Vsesoyuznyi Institut Nauchnoi i Tekhnicheskoi Informatsii (VINITI).
   All-Union Institute of Scientific and Technical Information.  (Moscow, USSR)
    Use information broker to obtain publications. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   #4035-77
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,803,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 35 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   ATSUDG Archives of Toxicology, Supplement.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.,
   Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  No.1-    1978-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,355,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 46,305,1977

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-Animal 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 8.8 mg/m3 (2 ppm) (skin)
   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

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2 ppm (9 mg/m3);Skin;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2 ppm (8.8 mg/m3);Skin;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 ppm (9 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2 ppm (9 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 1 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 ppm (9 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO p-TOLUIDINE-air:CA lowest feasible conc. (Sk)
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M0854
       No. of Facilities: 508 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 5
       No. of Employees: 2267 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M0854
       No. of Facilities: 206 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 428 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 87 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: E coli polA without S9; E coli polA with
   S9
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: S cerevisiae-homozygosis
   
   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
   
   OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #ID-73

 
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