*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : IO1430000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,4:7,10-Dimethanodibenzo(a,e)cyclooctane,
                          1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10,13,13,14,14-dodecachloro-
                          1,4,4a,5,6,6a,7,10,10a,11,12,12a-dodecahydro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13560-89-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2195908
REFERENCE               : 4-05-00-01783 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H12-Cl12
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 653.70
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dechlorane 605
   * Dechlorane plus
   * Dechlorane plus 515
   * Dechlorane plus 2520
   * Dodecachlorododecahydrodimethanodibenzocyclooctane
 
                       *** 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           : 25 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   LitL## Personal Communication from L. Little, Occidental Chemical Corp.,
   Hooker Chemical Center, 360 Rainbow Blvd. South, Box 728, Niagara Falls, NY
   14302, May 6, 1985  Volume(issue)/page/year: 06MAY1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2250 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   LitL## Personal Communication from L. Little, Occidental Chemical Corp.,
   Hooker Chemical Center, 360 Rainbow Blvd. South, Box 728, Niagara Falls, NY
   14302, May 6, 1985  Volume(issue)/page/year: 06MAY1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >11848 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   SRTCAC Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series
   C: Medicine. (Tohoku University, Research Institute for Tuberculosis and
   Cancer, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai, Japan)  V.1-   1949-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36(1-4),10,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   LitL## Personal Communication from L. Little, Occidental Chemical Corp.,
   Hooker Chemical Center, 360 Rainbow Blvd. South, Box 728, Niagara Falls, NY
   14302, May 6, 1985  Volume(issue)/page/year: 06MAY1985

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1282
       No. of Facilities: 644 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 9
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 10762 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6911 (estimated)

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

 
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