*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LQ5600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Formic acid, calcium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 544-17-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H2-O4.Ca
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 130.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHO 2 &-CA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Calcium diformate
   * Calcium formate
   * Calcoform
   * Mravencan vapenaty
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,9,1972
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2650 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,9,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1920 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZERNAL Zeitschrift fuer Ernaehrungswissenschaft.  (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff
   Verlag, Postfach 111008, D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1- 1960- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,332,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 154 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZERNAL Zeitschrift fuer Ernaehrungswissenschaft.  (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff
   Verlag, Postfach 111008, D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1- 1960- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,332,1969

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82118
       No. of Facilities: 28 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 14
       No. of Employees: 1554 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82118
       No. of Facilities: 1045 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 7
       No. of Employees: 14875 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 96 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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