*** 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

 
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