*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MV2298000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Hydrazine, dihydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5341-61-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl-H.1/2H4-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 104.98
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZZ &GH 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 89,9,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 40 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 137,61,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Haemophilus influenzae
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   GENTAE Genetics.  (Genetics Business Office, POB 64025, Baltimore, MD 21264)
    V.1-    1916-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 77(Suppl),34,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Specific locus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   IJEBA6 Indian Journal of Experimental Biology.  (Publications & Information
   Directorate, CSIR, Hillside Rd., New Delhi 110 012, India)  V.1-    1963-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,61,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 68,351,1979

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - A1444
       No. of Facilities: 126 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 2120 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 550 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae-forward mutation
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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