*** 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 *** END OF RECORD ***