*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KI1410000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethane, 1,1-difluoro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 75-37-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1696900
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00120 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 15
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H4-F2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 66.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FYF
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Algofrene type 67
   * Dymel 152
   * Dymel 152A
   * Ethylidene fluoride
   * FC 152a
   * Fluorocarbon 152a
   * Genetron 152a
   * HFC 152a
   * Halocarbon 152A
   * R 152a
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0530083
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 64000 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.  (Cambridge, MA)
   V.18-31, 1936-49.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,343,1949
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 977 gm/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
   Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
   GKNT, 1982  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,54,1982
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2000 ppm/6H/2Y-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in metals, not otherwise specified
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0520846
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 98 pph/10M
REFERENCE :
   ENVRAL Environmental Research.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St.,
   Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,275,1974

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   FAZMAE Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung.  Progress in Drug Research.
   (Birkhauser Boston, Inc., c/o Springer-Verlag New York, 44 Hartz Way,
   Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,365,1974

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 200 mg/m3;STEL 500 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 3000 mg/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82202
       No. of Facilities: 36 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 516 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82202
       No. of Facilities: 1550 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 7
       No. of Occupations: 27
       No. of Employees: 132833 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 116164 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
   
   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 ***