*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LS8930000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Fuel oil, No.2
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 68476-30-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 13
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * API No. 2 fuel oil
   * Home heating oil No.2
   * #2 Home heating oils
   * Number 2 burner fuel
   * Number 2 fuel oil
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   52MLA2 "Toxicology of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Proceedings of the Symposium,
   1st, 1982," MacFarland, H.N., et al., eds., Washington, DC, American
   Petroleum Institute, 1983  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/30S
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   52MLA2 "Toxicology of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Proceedings of the Symposium,
   1st, 1982," MacFarland, H.N., et al., eds., Washington, DC, American
   Petroleum Institute, 1983  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1983
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 12 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AETODY Advances in Modern Environmental Toxicology.  (Senate Press, Inc.,
   P.O. Box 252, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,1,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AETODY Advances in Modern Environmental Toxicology.  (Senate Press, Inc.,
   P.O. Box 252, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,1,1984
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mL/kg/12D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Skin and Appendages - dermatitis, irritative (after systemic exposure)
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   52MLA2 "Toxicology of Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Proceedings of the Symposium,
   1st, 1982," MacFarland, H.N., et al., eds., Washington, DC, American
   Petroleum Institute, 1983  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1983
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 243 gm/kg/97W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   9,297,1987

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Limited 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: 45,239,1989

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
   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: 45,239,1989

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 52132
       No. of Facilities: 39108 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 157
       No. of Occupations: 107
       No. of Employees: 550569 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 52132
       No. of Facilities: 6234 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 67
       No. of Occupations: 69
       No. of Employees: 96345 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 590 (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

 
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