*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : CY1420000 CHEMICAL NAME : Benzeneacetaldehyde CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 122-78-1 LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 10 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C8-H8-O MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 120.16 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VH1R COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product Primary Irritant SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Acetaldehyde, phenyl- * Hyacinthin * Phenylacetaldehyde * Phenylacetic aldehyde * Phenylethanal * alpha-Tolualdehyde * alpha-Toluic aldehyde *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Human DOSE/DURATION : 2%/48H REFERENCE : FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,377,1979 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 1550 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,377,1979 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 3890 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : VPITAR Voprosy Pitaniya. Problems of Nutrition. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-10, 1932-41; V.11- 1952- Volume(issue)/page/year: 33(5),48,1974 TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 2 gm/m3 TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : TOVEFN Toksikologicheskii Vestnik. (18-20 Vadkovskii per. Moscow, 101479, Russia) History Unknown Volume(issue)/page/year: (2),35,1995 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : >5 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,377,1979 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig DOSE/DURATION : 3890 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : VPITAR Voprosy Pitaniya. Problems of Nutrition. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-10, 1932-41; V.11- 1952- Volume(issue)/page/year: 33(5),48,1974 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X9666 No. of Facilities: 2374 (estimated) No. of Industries: 18 No. of Occupations: 23 No. of Employees: 25825 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 18282 (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 *** END OF RECORD ***