*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : ZE6300000 CHEMICAL NAME : 3,4-Xylenol CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 95-65-8 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1099267 REFERENCE : 4-06-00-03099 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 12 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C8-H10-O MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 122.18 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QR C1 D1 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical Tumorigen SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * 3,4-Dimethylphenol * 4,5-Dimethylphenol * Phenol, 3,4-dimethyl- * 1,3,4-Xylenol *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 727 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : GTPPAF Gigiena Truda i Professional'naya Patologiya v Estonskoi SSR. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Pathology in the Estonian SSR. (Institut Eksperimental'noi i Klinicheskoi Meditsiny Ministerstva Zdravookhraneniya Estonskoi SSR, Tallinn, USSR) V.8- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,145,1972 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition Skin and Appendages - hair REFERENCE : NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0533431 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 400 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - ataxia Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea REFERENCE : HYSAAV Hygiene and Sanitation (USSR). English translation of GISAAA. (Springfield, VA) 1964-71. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 33(7-9),329,1968 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - ataxia Skin and Appendages - hair REFERENCE : NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0533431 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 800 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - ataxia Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea REFERENCE : HYSAAV Hygiene and Sanitation (USSR). English translation of GISAAA. (Springfield, VA) 1964-71. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 33(7-9),329,1968 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 5075 mg/kg/10W-I TOXIC EFFECTS : Liver - changes in liver weight Endocrine - changes in spleen weight Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain REFERENCE : HYSAAV Hygiene and Sanitation (USSR). English translation of GISAAA. (Springfield, VA) 1964-71. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 33(7-9),329,1968 ** TUMORIGENIC DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 4000 mg/kg/20W-I TOXIC EFFECTS : Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors REFERENCE : CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,413,1959 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X1582 No. of Facilities: 61 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 2 No. of Employees: 136 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 56 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies On EPA IRIS database EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***