*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : HP3090000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Dibenzo-p-dioxin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 262-12-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 13
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H8-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 184.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C666 BO IOJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dibenzodioxin
   * Dibenzo(1,4)dioxin
   * Dibenzo(b,e)(1,4)dioxin
   * Diphenylene dioxide
   * NCI-C03656
   * Oxanthrene
   * Phenodioxin
 
                       *** 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           : 1220 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CMSHAF Chemosphere.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park,
   Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,989,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PHBUA9 Pharmaceutical Bulletin.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-5, 1953-57.  For
   publisher information, see CPBTAL.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,337,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 866 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CMSHAF Chemosphere.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park,
   Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,989,1989
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 110 gm/kg/58W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   EVHPAZ EHP, Environmental Health Perspectives.  (U.S. Government Printing
   Office, Supt of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  No.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,163,1973

                              *** 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: 15,41,1977

   IARC Cancer Review:Lack of Carcinogenicity Evid.
   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: 69,33,1997

   IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
   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: 15,41,1977

   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: 69,33,1997

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 47,141,1978

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative/limited: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NCI Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);no evidence:mouse,rat
   NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
   (Bethesda, MD)  No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-122,79

 
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