*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EJ8225000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butane, 1,2:3,4-diepoxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1464-53-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0079833
REFERENCE               : 5-19-01-00185 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 80
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 86.10
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T3OTJ B- BT3OTJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,1'-Bi(ethylene oxide)
   * Bioxiran
   * Bioxirane
   * Butadiendioxyd
   * Butadiene diepoxide
   * 1,3-Butadiene diepoxide
   * Butadiene dioxide
   * Butane diepoxide
   * Diepoxybutane
   * 1,2:3,4-Diepoxybutane
   * 2,4-Diepoxybutane
   * Dioxybutadiene
   * ENT-26592
   * RCRA waste number U085
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,771,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 ppm/3D
REFERENCE :
   JPCAAC Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association.  (Air Pollution
   Control Assoc., POB 2861, Pittsburgh, PA 15230)  V.5-    1955-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,17,1960
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 78 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
   (Chicago, IL)  V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 90 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SCCUR* Shell Chemical Company.  Unpublished Report.  (2401 Crow Canyon Rd.,
   San Romon, CA 94583)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,2,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 72 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SCCUR* Shell Chemical Company.  Unpublished Report.  (2401 Crow Canyon Rd.,
   San Romon, CA 94583)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,2,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 31 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 230,559,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 89 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
   (Chicago, IL)  V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,61,1954
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ppm/6H/6W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - female fertility index (e.g. # females pregnant
   per # sperm positive females; # females pregnant per # females mated)
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TOXID9 Toxicologist.  (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
   Akron, OH 44311) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 36(1,pt2),177,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 mg/kg/10D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   AEHLAU Archives of Environmental Health.  (Heldref Pub., 4000 Albemarle St.,
   NW, Washington, DC 20016)  V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,50,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ppm/6H/6W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - ulcerated nasal septum
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Blood - changes in other cell count (unspecified)
REFERENCE :
   TOXID9 Toxicologist.  (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
   Akron, OH 44311) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 36(1,pt2),177,1997
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 380 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Musculoskeletal - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,235,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 95 gm/kg/78W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   24,305,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   RARSAM Radiation Research, Supplement.  (New York, NY)  No.1-7, 1959-67.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,193,1963
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 66,367,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   TOERD9 Toxicological European Research.  (S.P.E., 10, Ave. de Messine, 75008
   Paris, France) V.1-    1978-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,131,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/well
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 46,53,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 80 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   ZKKOBW Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung und Klinische Onkologie.  (Berlin,
   Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.76-92, 1971-78.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 92,157,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 7500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   APMBAY Applied Microbiology.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-30, 1953-75.  For
   publisher information, see AEMIDF.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,234,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 97,1,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Klebsiella pneumoniae
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 89,269,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm/30M (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   FOMIAZ Folia Microbiologica (Prague).  (Academia, Vodickova 40, 112 29
   Prague 1, Czechoslavakia) V.4-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   16,197,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mmol/L/2H (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   BBACAQ Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211,
   1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands)  V.1-    1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   174,674,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 13 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   PNASA6 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
   of America.  (National Academy of Sciences, Printing & Pub. Office, 2101
   Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418) V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 73,2629,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 368,235,1996
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Specific locus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 92,107,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Specific locus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 11600 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,195,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L/24H (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   GENTAE Genetics.  (Genetics Business Office, POB 64025, Baltimore, MD 21264)
    V.1-    1916-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 115,323,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   ZEVBA5 Zeitschrift fuer Vererbungslehre.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.89-98,
   1958-66.  For publisher information, see MGGEAE. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   92,457,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 49,219,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ppm
REFERENCE :
   JOGNAU Journal of Genetics.  (Belghoria, India)  V.1-63, 1910-77.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 50,480,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Heritable translocation test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,455,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Mold - Neurospora crassa
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   IDZAAW Japanese Journal of Genetics.  Idengaku Zasshi.  (Genetics Soc. of
   Japan, 111 Tanida, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken, Japan)  V.1-    1921-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 43,1,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 48 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,207,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 ppm
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: PB80-133226
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 ppm
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,901,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 5000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 132,161,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Mold - Aspergillus nidulans
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,145,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Dominant lethal test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 ug
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,63,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,1687,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   CGCGBR Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics.  (S. Karger Pub., Inc., 79 Fifth
   Ave., New York, NY 10003) V.12-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   34,230,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Bone marrow
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   CGCYDF Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics.  (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc.,
   52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017)  V.1-    1979-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,51,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   BIZNAT Biologisches Zentralblatt.  (VEB Georg Thieme, Postfach 946, Leipzig
   DDR-7010, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-    1881-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   101,97,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,1687,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 3500 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,713,1994
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 170 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,1303,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   14,653,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 64,329,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sperm Morphology
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 16 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   GENTAE Genetics.  (Genetics Business Office, POB 64025, Baltimore, MD 21264)
    V.1-    1916-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 46,291,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 36 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 389,3,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 354,49,1996
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,1303,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   HUGEDQ Human Genetics.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44
   Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.31-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   73,86,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 umol/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 108,251,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 193 umol/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 108,251,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 21 mg/kg/6D (Intermittent)
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,719,1994
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Host-mediated assay
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 444 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,911,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   IJCNAW International Journal of Cancer.  (International Union Against
   Cancer, 3 rue du Conseil- General, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland)  V.1-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,642,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 212,103,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   44,3270,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 263,47,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Mammal - species unspecified Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   BBACAQ Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211,
   1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands)  V.1-    1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   138,611,1967

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-FINLAND;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN;Carcinogen JAN 1993

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Aspergillus-forward mutation;
   Aspergillus-recombination
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Cell transform.-RLV F344 rat embryo
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster-reciprocal translocation
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Host-mediated assay; N crassa-forward
   mutation
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: N crassa-reversion; E coli polA without
   S9
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae gene conversion; S
   cerevisiae-homozygosis
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae-reversion; S
   pombe-reversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive/dose response: Cell
   transform.-BALB/c-3T3; SHE-clonal assay
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive/dose response: In vitro SCE-nonhuman
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA 8(a) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, FINAL RULE
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
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   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NTP 7th Annual Report on Carcinogens, 1992 : anticipated to be carcinogen

 
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