*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZH4797000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Zinc oleate (1:2)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 557-07-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C36-H68-O4.Zn
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 630.41
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV8U9 2 &-ZN-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 9-Octadecenoic acid (Z), zinc salt
   * Oleic acid, zinc salt
   * Zinc oleate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1080 gm/kg/1Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,271,1965

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M4163
       No. of Facilities: 62 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 510 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4163
       No. of Facilities: 251 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 5186 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1417 (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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