*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FM7870000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Chloral
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 75-87-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0506422
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-03142 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 17
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H-Cl3-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 147.38
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHXFFF
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetaldehyde, trichloro-
   * Anhydrous chloral
   * Chloral
   * Cloralio
   * Grasex
   * RCRA waste number U034
   * Trichloroacetaldehyde
   * 2,2,2-Trichloroacetaldehyde
   * Trichloroethanal
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 440 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - ptosis
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0533728
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BCFAAI Bollettino Chimico Farmaceutico.  (Societa Editoriale Farmaceutica,
   Via Ausonio 12, 20123 Milan, Italy)  V.33-    1894- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   111,293,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 5900 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0571197
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 710 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: 39(4),86,1974
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 80 mg/m3/4H/2W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Endocrine - changes in adrenal weight
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0571236
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   STEVA8 Science of the Total Environment.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB
   211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands)  V.1-    1972- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,229,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 155,53,1985

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate 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: 63,245,1995

   IARC Cancer Review:Human Inadequate 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: 63,245,1995

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
   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: 63,245,1995

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83816
       No. of Facilities: 67 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 12
       No. of Employees: 1313 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83816
       No. of Facilities: 119 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 7
       No. of Employees: 2757 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1563 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***