*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CU7300000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzaldehyde, o-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 552-89-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H5-N-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 151.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WNR BVH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzaldehyde, 2-nitro-
   * o-Nitrobenzaldehyde
   * 2-Nitrobenzaldehyde
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands
REFERENCE :
   AFECAT Annales des Falsifications et de l'Expertise Chimique.  (Paris,
   France)  V.53, No.613-No.779, 1960-79.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   76(815),65,1983
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,11,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 170,11,1986

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7145
       No. of Facilities: 28 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 5331 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 883 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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