*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZE5425000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Xylenol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1300-71-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H10-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 122.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QR X1 X1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dimethylphenol
   * Phenol, dimethyl-
   * Stericol
   * Xilenoli
   * Xylenolen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - pericarditis
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
REFERENCE :
   PGMJAO Postgraduate Medical Journal.  (Blackwell Scientific Pub. Ltd., POB
   88, Oxford, UK) V.1-    1925-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,411,1986

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84576
       No. of Facilities: 682 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 18
       No. of Occupations: 27
       No. of Employees: 28358 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 84576
       No. of Facilities: 551 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 7786 (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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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

 
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