*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AJ0175000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetic acid, nitrilotri-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 139-13-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1710776
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-02441 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 19
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H9-N-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 191.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV1N1VQ1VQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aminotriacetic acid
   * N,N-Bis(carboxymethyl)glycine
   * CHEL 300
   * Complexon I
   * Glycine, N,N-bis(carboxymethyl)-
   * Hampshire NTA acid
   * Komplexon I
   * Kyselina nitrilotrioctova
   * NCI-C02766
   * Nitrilotriacetic acid
   * NTA
   * Titriplex I
   * Triglycine
   * Triglycollamic acid
   * Trilon A
   * alpha,alpha',alpha''-Trimethylaminetricarboxylic acid
   * Versene NTA acid
 
                       *** 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           : 1100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ACIEAY Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English.  (VCH Pub.,
   Inc., 303 NW 12th Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33441)  V.1-    1962-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,94,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3160 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NCILB* Progress Report for Contract No. NIH-NCI-E-C-72-3252, Submitted to
   the National Cancer Institute by Litton Bionetics, Inc.  (Bethesda, MD)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-E-C-72-3252,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 325 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CRTXB2 CRC Critical Reviews in Toxicology.  (CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate
   Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431)  V.1-    1971- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   20,83,1989
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 41292 mg/kg/7W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
REFERENCE :
   FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.20-    1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   20,925,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 29439 ug/kg/4W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in calcium
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,137,1979
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 430 gm/kg/75W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - tumors
REFERENCE :
   NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
   (Bethesda, MD)  No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-6,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 832 gm/kg/66W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - tumors
REFERENCE :
   NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
   (Bethesda, MD)  No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-6,1977
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 356,85,1996

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,181,1990

   IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,181,1990

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 2B
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,181,1990

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80058
       No. of Facilities: 1115 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 31
       No. of Occupations: 32
       No. of Employees: 13454 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 80058
       No. of Facilities: 1082 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 24
       No. of Occupations: 23
       No. of Employees: 25216 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 7169 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NCI Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);clear evidence:mouse,rat
   NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
   (Bethesda, MD)  No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-6,77

   NTP 7th Annual Report on Carcinogens, 1992 : anticipated to be carcinogen

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***