*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AW7950000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Agar
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9002-18-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Agar-agar
   * Agar agar flake
   * Agar-agar gum
   * Bengal
   * Bengal gelatin
   * Bengal isinglass
   * Ceylon
   * Ceylon isinglass
   * Chinese isinglass
   * Digenea simplex mucilage
   * Gelose
   * Japan agar
   * Japan isinglass
   * Layor carang
   * NCI-C50475
 
                       *** 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           : 11 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FDRLI* Food & Drug Research Laboratories, Inc., Papers.  (P.O. Box 107, Rt.
   17C, Waverly, NY 14892-0107)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,-,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 16 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FDRLI* Food & Drug Research Laboratories, Inc., Papers.  (P.O. Box 107, Rt.
   17C, Waverly, NY 14892-0107)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,-,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FDRLI* Food & Drug Research Laboratories, Inc., Papers.  (P.O. Box 107, Rt.
   17C, Waverly, NY 14892-0107)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,-,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION           : 6100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FDRLI* Food & Drug Research Laboratories, Inc., Papers.  (P.O. Box 107, Rt.
   17C, Waverly, NY 14892-0107)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,-,1976

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - T2097
       No. of Facilities: 2760 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 23
       No. of Occupations: 29
       No. of Employees: 36912 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 25104 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9439
       No. of Facilities: 121 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 482 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   NTP Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);no evidence:mouse,rat
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-230,82

 
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