*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KL2975000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethanol, 2,2'-iminodi-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 111-42-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0605315
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-01514 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 49
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H11-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 105.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Q2M2Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Drug
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amine
   * DEA
   * Diaethanolamin
   * Diethanolamin
   * Diethanolamine
   * Diethylamine, 2,2'-dihydroxy-
   * Diethylolamine
   * 2,2'-Dihydroxydiethylamine
   * Di(2-hydroxyethyl)amine
   * Diolamine
   * 2-(2-Hydroxyethylamino)ethanol
   * 2,2'-Iminobisethanol
   * 2,2'-Iminodiethanol
   * NCI-C55174
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Open irritation test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12/29/1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,685,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5500 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   AJOPAA American Journal of Ophthalmology.  (Ophthalmic Pub. Co., 435 N.
   Michigan Ave., Suite 1415, Chicago, IL 60611)  Series 3: V.1-    1918-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1363,1946
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 ug/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,685,1986
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 620 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - tremor
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516797
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 120 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EVSSAV Environmental Space Science.  English Translation of Kosmicheskaya
   Biologiya Meditsina. 1967-70.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,289,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EVSSAV Environmental Space Science.  English Translation of Kosmicheskaya
   Biologiya Meditsina. 1967-70.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,289,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 778 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EVSSAV Environmental Space Science.  English Translation of Kosmicheskaya
   Biologiya Meditsina. 1967-70.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,289,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EVSSAV Environmental Space Science.  English Translation of Kosmicheskaya
   Biologiya Meditsina. 1967-70.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,289,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - excitement
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29(11),25,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 210 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516742
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EVSSAV Environmental Space Science.  English Translation of Kosmicheskaya
   Biologiya Meditsina. 1967-70.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,289,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 7640 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Musculoskeletal - other changes
   Skin and Appendages - dermatitis, other (after systemic exposure)
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516797
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85INA8 "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure
   Indices," 5th ed., Cincinnati, OH, American Conference of Governmental
   Industrial Hygienists, Inc., 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,197,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 11900 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0516742
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0520710
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 52 gm/kg/14D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
   Blood - normocytic anemia
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - dehydrogenases
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 8827 mg/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Blood - normocytic anemia
   Related to Chronic Data - changes in testicular weight
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 49 gm/kg/7W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
   Blood - normocytic anemia
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   17,308,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1008 mg/kg/16D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
   Blood - normocytic anemia
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - dehydrogenases
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 8125 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Blood - normocytic anemia
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 30366 mg/kg/14D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - dehydrogenases
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 38402 mg/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - changes in heart weight
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - transaminases
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 gm/kg/16D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Skin and Appendages - dermatitis, other (after systemic exposure)
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 40950 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - transaminases
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 18382 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 14 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
REFERENCE :
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NIH-92-3343

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 2 mg/m3 (0.46 ppm) (skin)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 3 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 3 ppm (13 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 3 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 3 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 3 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 5 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 3 ppm (13 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 3 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO DIETHANOLAMINE-air:10H TWA 3 ppm
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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T0517
       No. of Facilities: 315 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 857 (estimated)
   
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 24615
       No. of Facilities: 18443 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 147
       No. of Occupations: 118
       No. of Employees: 186455 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 24615
       No. of Facilities: 46466 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 249
       No. of Occupations: 171
       No. of Employees: 828471 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 218923 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0293-8736;8EHQ-0293-8746
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Aminoethanol compounds II, 3509
   
   NTP Toxicity studies, RPT# TOX-20, October 1997
   
   NTP Carcinogenesis studies; test completed (peer review), October 1997

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***