*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : FJ5700000 CHEMICAL NAME : Cellulose, carboxymethyl ether CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 9000-11-7 LAST UPDATED : 199701 DATA ITEMS CITED : 8 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Almelose * Apergel * Apeyel * Carbose * Carboxymethylated cellulose pulp * Carboxymethylcellulose * Carboxymethyl cellulose ether * Cellulose carboxymethylate * Celluloseglycolic acid * Cellulose GUM 7H * CMC * CM-Cellulose * CMC-4LF * Colloresine * Glycocel TA * Glycolic acid cellulose ether * 7H * 7H (carbohydrate) * KMTs * Thylose *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD - Lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : >5 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : FOREAE Food Research. (Champaign, IL) V.1-25, 1936-60. For publisher information, see JFDSAZ. Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,175,1944 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 47 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : RPOBAR Research Progress in Organic-Biological and Medicinal Chemistry. (New York, NY) V.1-3, 1964-72. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,274,1970 TYPE OF TEST : LD - Lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : >5 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : FOREAE Food Research. (Champaign, IL) V.1-25, 1936-60. For publisher information, see JFDSAZ. Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,175,1944 TYPE OF TEST : LD - Lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig DOSE/DURATION : >5 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : FOREAE Food Research. (Champaign, IL) V.1-25, 1936-60. For publisher information, see JFDSAZ. Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,175,1944 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified DOSE/DURATION : 13340 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: 52(5),14,1987 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 80349 No. of Facilities: 13908 (estimated) No. of Industries: 115 No. of Occupations: 92 No. of Employees: 237435 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 80349 No. of Facilities: 11923 (estimated) No. of Industries: 108 No. of Occupations: 114 No. of Employees: 285427 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 45766 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***