*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DD1925000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzil
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 134-81-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H10-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 210.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : RVVR
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bibenzoyl
   * Dibenzoyl
   * Diphenyl-alpha,beta-diketone
   * Diphenylethanedione
   * 1,2-Diphenylethanedione
   * Diphenylglyoxal
   * Ethanedione, diphenyl-
   * Glyoxal, diphenyl-
   * WY-20910
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,294,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   IYKEDH Iyakuhin Kenkyu.  Study of Medical Supplies.  (Nippon Koteisho
   Kyokai, 12-15, 2-chome, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  V.1- 1970- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,359,1984

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4886
       No. of Facilities: 29 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 72 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 44 (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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