*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GO9450000
CHEMICAL NAME           : o-Cresol, dinitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1335-85-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 18
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H6-N2-O5
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 198.15
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WNR XQ X1 XNW
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dinitro-o-cresol
   * 2-Methyldinitrophenol
   * Phenol, 2-methyldinitro-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 125 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SAKNAH Soobshcheniia Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya
   Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.2-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   65,485,1972

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;STEL 0.6 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.05 mg/m3;STEL 0.1 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.05 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;STEL 0.4 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;STEL 0.6 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO DINITRO-o-CRESOL-air:10H TWA 0.2 mg/m3 (Sk)
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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

 
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