*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DV5330000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Biphenyl, hexabromo-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 36355-01-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H4-Br6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 627.62
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * HBB
   * Hexabromobiphenyl
   * NCI-C53634
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 21500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   MFLRA3 Mededelingen van de Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen,
   Rijksuniversiteit Gent.  Communications of the Faculty of Agricultural
   Sciences, State University of Ghent.  (Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Faculteit
   Labdbouwwettenschappen, Coupure 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium)  V.35- 1970- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,709,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >15 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Liver - other changes
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   SRTCAC Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series
   C: Medicine. (Tohoku University, Research Institute for Tuberculosis and
   Cancer, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai, Japan)  V.1-   1949-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36(1-4),10,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - hepatitis (hepatocellular necrosis), zonal
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   38,307,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - quail
DOSE/DURATION           : >1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   MFLRA3 Mededelingen van de Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen,
   Rijksuniversiteit Gent.  Communications of the Faculty of Agricultural
   Sciences, State University of Ghent.  (Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Faculteit
   Labdbouwwettenschappen, Coupure 653, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium)  V.35- 1970- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,709,1973

                          *** 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

 
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