*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EK0380000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,2-Butanediol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 584-03-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0969169
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-02507 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H10-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 90.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QY2&1Q
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,2-Butylene glycol
   * 1,2-Dihydroxybutane
 
                       *** 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           : 16 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,207,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4192 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   49,385,1979

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7923
       No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 1822 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 272 (estimated)

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

 
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