*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AT4680000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acrylic acid, polymers
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9003-01-4
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 51142-25-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 14
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C3-H4-O2)x
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 168.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : /*1Y*VQ/
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acrylic acid homopolymer
   * Acrylic acid resin
   * Acrylic polymer
   * Acrylic resin
   * Acrysol A 1
   * Acrysol A 3
   * Acrysol A 5
   * Acrysol AC 5
   * Acrysol ase-75
   * Acrysol WS-24
   * Antiprex A
   * Antiprex 461
   * Arasorb 750
   * Arasorb S 100F
   * Arolon
   * Aron
   * Aron A 10H
   * Atactic poly(acrylic acid)
   * Carbopol 960
   * Carbopol 961
   * Carboset 515
   * Carboset Resin No. 515
   * Carboxypolymethylene
   * Carboxy vinyl polymer
   * Carpolene
   * Colloids 119/50
   * Dispex C40
   * G-Cure
   * Good-rite K 37
   * Good-rite K-700
   * Good-rite K 702
   * Good-rite K727
   * Good-rite WS 801
   * Haloflex 202
   * Haloflex 208
   * Junlon 110
   * Jurimer AC 10H
   * Jurimer AC 10P
   * Nalfloc 636
   * Neocryl A-1038
   * OLD 01
   * PAA-25
   * PA 11M
   * P 11H
   * Polyacrylate elastomers
   * Poly(acrylic acid)
   * Polymer, carboxy vinyl
   * Polytex 973
   * 2-Propenoic acid homopolymer
   * R968
   * Racryl
   * Revacryl A 191
   * Sokalan PAS
   * Solidokoll N
   * Synthemul 90-588
   * TB 1131
   * Tecpol
   * Texcryl
   * Versicol E 7
   * Versicol E9
   * Versicol E15
   * Versicol S 25
   * Viscalex HV 30
   * Viscon 103
   * WS 24
   * WS 801
   * XPA
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ACIEAY Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English.  (VCH Pub.,
   Inc., 303 NW 12th Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33441)  V.1-    1962-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,94,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FRPPAO Farmaco, Edizione Pratica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia, Italy)
   V.8-43    1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,721,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 39 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JMCMAR Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.  (American Chemical Soc.,
   Distribution Office Dept. 223, POB POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC
   20037)  V.6-    1963-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,652,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 70 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZMEIAV Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii.  Journal of
   Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Immunology.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga,
   113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.14-    1935-  Volume(issue)/page/year: (9),14,1979
 
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 :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 114,258,1958

                              *** 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: 19,47,1979

   IARC Cancer Review:Animal 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: 19,47,1979

   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

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82129
       No. of Facilities: 2084 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 44
       No. of Occupations: 55
       No. of Employees: 34007 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7610
       No. of Facilities: 31268 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 198
       No. of Occupations: 162
       No. of Employees: 571954 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 232712 (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 ***