*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KO3150000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ether, pentachlorophenyl
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 42279-29-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H5-Cl5-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 342.42
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GR XG XG XOR XG XG
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Pentachloro diphenyl ether
   * Pentachloro diphenyl oxide
   * Phenyl ether pentachloro
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - hepatitis (hepatocellular necrosis), diffuse
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 232,228,1957

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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

 
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