*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DV2063000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Biphenyl, chloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 27323-18-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H9-Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 188.66
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,1'-Biphenyl, chloro-
   * Chlorobiphenyl
   * Chlorodiphenyl
   * Chlorodwufenol
   * Diphenylchloride
   * Monochlorobiphenyl
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2450 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(5),6,1988
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MDMIAZ Medycyna Doswiadczalna i Mikrobiologia.  For English translation, see
   EXMMAV.  (Ars Polona, POB 1001, 00-068 Warsaw 1, Poland)  V.1-    1949-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,11,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 113,357,1983

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4487
       No. of Facilities: 3 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 23 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Polychlorobiphenyls, 5503; in serum, 8004

 
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