*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FJ5950000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cellulose, carboxymethyl ether, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9004-32-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 15
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * AC-Di-sol. NF
   * Aku-W 515
   * Aquaplast
   * B 10
   * B 10 (Polysaccharide)
   * Blanose BS 190
   * Blanose BWM
   * Carbose 1M
   * Carboxymethylcellulose, sodium salt
   * Carmethose
   * Cellofas
   * Cellofas B
   * Cellofas B5
   * Cellofas B6
   * Cellofas B50
   * Cellofas C
   * Cellogel C
   * Cellogen 3H
   * Cellogen PR
   * Cellogen WS-C
   * Cellpro
   * Cellufix FF 100
   * Cellugel
   * Cellulose glycolic acid, sodium salt
   * Cellulose sodium glycolate
   * CMC 2
   * CMC 41A
   * CM-Cellulose sodium salt
   * CMC 7H
   * CMC 4H1
   * CMC 7H3SF
   * CMC 7L1
   * CMC 7M
   * CMC 4M6
   * CMC 7MT
   * CMC 3M5T
   * CMC sodium salt
   * Collowel
   * Copagel PB 25
   * Courlose A 590
   * Courlose A 610
   * Courlose A 650
   * Courlose F 4
   * Courlose F 8
   * Courlose F 20
   * Courlose F 370
   * Courlose F 1000G
   * Daicel 1150
   * Daicel 1180
   * Edifas B
   * Ethoxose
   * Fine Gum HES
   * Glikocel TA
   * 7H3SF
   * KMTs 212
   * KMTs 300
   * KMTs 500
   * KMTs 600
   * Lovosa
   * Lovosa 20alk.
   * Lovosa TN
   * Lucel (polysaccharide)
   * Majol PLX
   * Modocoll 1200
   * NaCm-cellulose salt
   * Nymcel S
   * Nymcel slc-T
   * Nymcel ZSB 10
   * Nymcel ZSB 16
   * Polyfibron 120
   * Sanlose SN 20A
   * Sarcell tel
   * S 75M
   * Sodium carboxmethylcellulose
   * Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose
   * Sodium cellulose glycolate
   * Sodium CMC
   * Sodium CM-cellulose
   * Sodium glycolate cellulose
   * Sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose
   * Tylose 666
   * Tylose C
   * Tylose C 30
   * Tylose C 300
   * Tylose C 600
   * Tylose CB 200
   * Tylose CBR 400
   * Tylose CBR series
   * Tylose CBS 30
   * Tylose CBS 70
   * Tylose CB series
   * Tylose C 1000P
   * Tylose CR
   * Tylose CR 50
   * Tylose DKL
   * Unisol RH
 
                       *** 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           : 27000 mg/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: 13,29,1948
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >5800 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   (Suppl),243,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >27 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PESTD5 Proceedings of the European Society of Toxicology.  (Amsterdam,
   Netherlands)  V.16-18, 1975-77.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   17,351,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >27 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PESTD5 Proceedings of the European Society of Toxicology.  (Amsterdam,
   Netherlands)  V.16-18, 1975-77.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   17,351,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   (Suppl),243,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 16000 mg/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: 13,29,1948
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 227 gm/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in sodium
REFERENCE :
   FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.20-    1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   33,909,1995
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1900 mg/kg/19W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   13BYAH "Morphological Precursors of Cancer, Proceedings of an International
   Conference, Perugia, Italy, 1961," Severi, L., ed., Perugia, Univ. of
   Perugia, 1962  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,83,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 8600 mg/kg/19W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   13BYAH "Morphological Precursors of Cancer, Proceedings of an International
   Conference, Perugia, Italy, 1961," Severi, L., ed., Perugia, Univ. of
   Perugia, 1962  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,83,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 33 gm/kg/22W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   PAACA3 Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research. (Waverly
   Press, 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1954-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,225,1977
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 140 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 14 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - prostate, seminal vesicle, Cowper's gland,
   accessory glands
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,623,1977

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - T1474
       No. of Facilities: 13501 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 93
       No. of Occupations: 102
       No. of Employees: 318345 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 184422 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-8786
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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