*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AF7525000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetic acid, calcium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 62-54-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-O4.Ca
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 158.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV1 &-CA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Brown acetate
   * Calcium acetate
   * Calcium diacetate
   * Gray acetate
   * Lime acetate
   * Lime pyrolignite
   * Sorbo-calcion
   * Teltozan
   * Vinegar salts
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 147 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,1,1941
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 75 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ABMGAJ Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica.  (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-41,
   1958-82.  For publisher information, see BBIADT. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,447,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 203 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JLCMAK Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.  (C.V. Mosby Co., 11830
   Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141)  V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,809,1944
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 12 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - dehydrogenases
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - other oxidoreductases
REFERENCE :
   FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   11,229,1988
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1290 umol/kg/5D (Intermittent)
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,1819,1985

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81751
       No. of Facilities: 1286 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 29
       No. of Occupations: 27
       No. of Employees: 10494 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81751
       No. of Facilities: 5005 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 53
       No. of Occupations: 43
       No. of Employees: 65011 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 8166 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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