*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AP8500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetyl peroxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 110-22-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1753975
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00392 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 118.10
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1VOOV1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetyl peroxide, not >25% in solution (UN2084) (DO)
   * Diacetyl peroxide
   * Peroxide, diacetyl
   * Peroyl A
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Rinsed with water
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 60 mg/1M
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   ZAARAM Zentralblatt fuer Arbeitsmedizin und Arbeitsschutz.  (Darmstadt, Fed.
   Rep. Ger.)  V.1-25, 1951-75.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,25,1958
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 283 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   RARSAM Radiation Research, Supplement.  (New York, NY)  No.1-7, 1959-67.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,193,1963

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - A1351
       No. of Facilities: 47 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 377 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - A1351
       No. of Facilities: 18 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 629 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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