*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KX4025000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethylene, tetrafluoro-, polymer
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9002-84-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 16
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C2-F4)x
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : /FYFUYFF/
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aflon
   * Algloflon
   * Algoflon SV
   * Alkathene rxdg33
   * AMIP 15M
   * Balfon 7000
   * BDH 29-801
   * Chromosorb T
   * Dixon 164
   * DLX-6000
   * Duroid 5870
   * EK 1108GY-A
   * Ethene, tetrafluoro-, homopolymer
   * Ethicon PtFe
   * F 103
   * FBF 74D
   * F 4K20
   * Fluo-Kem
   * Fluon
   * Fluon CD 1
   * Fluon CD 023
   * Fluon CD 042
   * Fluon G4
   * Fluon G163
   * Fluon G201
   * Fluon GPI
   * Fluon L 169
   * Fluon L 170
   * Fluon L 171
   * Fluon L 169B
   * Fluoroflex
   * Fluorolon 4
   * Fluoropak 80
   * Fluoroplast 4
   * Fluoroplast 4B
   * Fluoroplast 4D
   * Fluoroplast 4M
   * Fluoropore FP 120
   * F 4MB
   * FN 3
   * FT-4
   * Ftorlon 4
   * Ftorlon F-4MB
   * Ftorlon 4M
   * Ftoroplast 4
   * Ftoroplast 4B
   * Ftoroplast 4D
   * Ftoroplast F-4
   * Ftoroplast FBF 74D
   * Ftoroplast F 4MB
   * Ftoroplast 4K20
   * Ftoroplast 4M
   * F 4Zh20
   * G 163
   * Gore-tex
   * Halon G 80
   * Halon G 183
   * Halon G 700
   * Halon TFEG 180
   * Heydeflon
   * Hostaflon TF
   * Hostaflon TF 2026
   * Hostaflon TF 2053
   * L 169
   * Molykote 522
   * Polifen
   * Politef
   * Poly(ethylene tetrafluoride)
   * Polyfene
   * Polyflon
   * Polyflon D1
   * Polyflon EK 4108GY
   * Polyflon EK 1108GY-A
   * Polyflon F 103
   * Polyflon M12
   * Polyflon M21
   * Polyflon M12A
   * Polytef
   * Polytetrafluoroethene
   * Polytetrafluoroethylene
   * Soreflon 604
   * Soreflon 5A
   * T 8A
   * Tarflen
   * T 5B
   * TE 30
   * Teflon
   * Teflon 5
   * Teflon 6
   * Teflon 30
   * Teflon 110
   * Teflon 6C
   * Teflon K
   * Teflon T5
   * Teflon T 6
   * Teflon T 30
   * Teflon TFE
   * Tetrafluoroethene homopolymer
   * Tetrafluoroethene polymer
   * Tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer
   * Tetrafluoroethylene polymers
   * Tetran 30
   * Tetran PtFe
   * TL 102
   * TL-R
   * TL-V
   * Unon P
   * Valflon
   * Velflon
   * Zitex H 662-124
   * Zitex K 223-122
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 80 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   15,333,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   TUMOAB Tumori.  (Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Via G. Frua 6, 20146 Milan,
   Italy)  V.1-    1911-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,565,1976

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,85,1979

   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,285,1979

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
   IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49
   Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)  No.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   7,56,1987

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ANAEA3 Annals of Allergy.  (American College of Allergists, POB 20671,
   Bloomington, MN 55420) V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,165,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   JJOMDZ JOM, Journal of Occupational Medicine.  (American Occupational
   Medicine Assoc., 150 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606)  V.10-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,808,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   CMTVAS Cahiers de Medecine du Travail.  (Association Professionnelle Belge
   des Medecine du Travail, rue du Bultia, 6280 Gerpinnes, Belgium)  V.1- 1963-
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 10(3),49,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   SMJOAV Southern Medical Journal.  (Southern Medical Assoc., POB 2446,
   Birmingham, AL 35205) V.1-    1908-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,1459,1974

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ETOXAC Essays in Toxicology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth,
   MN 55802)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,1,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ACEDAB Acta Endocrinologica, Supplementum (Copenhagen).  (Periodica,
   Skolegade 12 E, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark)  No.1-    1948-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 185,296,1974

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6620
       No. of Facilities: 12557 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 103
       No. of Occupations: 83
       No. of Employees: 247249 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 31453 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9891
       No. of Facilities: 151 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 7
       No. of Occupations: 15
       No. of Employees: 6042 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 191 (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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***