*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : NT2600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Isophthalonitrile, tetrachloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1897-45-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1978326
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 28
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-Cl4-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 265.90
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : NCR BG CG DG FG ECN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,3-Benzenedicarbonitrile, 2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-
   * Bravo
   * Bravo 6F
   * Bravo-W-75
   * Chloroalonil
   * Chlorothalonil
   * Chlorthalonil
   * Clortocaf ramato
   * Clortosip
   * DAC 2787
   * Daconil
   * Daconil 2787
   * Daconil 2787 flowable fungicide
   * Dacosoil
   * 1,3-Dicyanotetrachlorobenzene
   * Exotherm
   * Exotherm termil
   * Forturf
   * Isophthalonitrile, 2,4,5,6-tetrachloro-
   * NCI-C00102
   * Nopcocide
   * Nopcocide N-96
   * Nopcocide N40D & N96
   * Sweep
   * TCIN
   * Termil
   * Tetrachlorisoftalonitril
   * 2,4,5,6-Tetrachloro-3-cyanobenzonitrile
   * Tetrachloroisophthalonitrile
   * meta-Tetrachlorophthalodinitrile
   * m-Tetrachlorophthalonitrile
   * m-TCPN
   * TPN
 
                       *** 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           : 10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85ARAE "Agricultural Chemicals," Thomson, W.T., 4 vols., Fresno, CA, Thomson
   Publications, 1976/77 revision  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,75,1976/1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 310 mg/m3/1H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FMCHA2 Farm Chemicals Handbook.  (Meister Pub., 37841 Euclid Ave.,
   Willoughy, OH 44094)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,C72,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   7,299,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HOEKAN Hokkaidoritsu Eisei Kenkyushoho.  Report of the Hokkaido Institute of
   Public Health.  (Nishi- 12-chome, Kita-19-jo, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060, Japan) 
   No.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,53,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
REFERENCE :
   INHEAO Industrial Health.  (National Institute of Industrial Health, 6-21-1
   Nagao, Tama-ku, Kawasaki, 213 Japan)  V.1-    1963- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,11,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JFAN "Agrochemicals Handbook," with updates, Hartley, D., and H. Kidd,
   eds., Nottingham, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, 1983-86 Volume(issue)/page/year:
   A090,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PEMNDP Pesticide Manual.  (The British Crop Protection Council, 20 Bridport
   Rd., Thornton Heath CR4 7QG, UK)  V.1-    1968-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   9,159,1991
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 6750 mg/kg/90D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 53,155,1990
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 142 gm/kg/80W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - Kidney tumors
REFERENCE :
   NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
   (Bethesda, MD)  No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-41,1978
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   EMCAE8 Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens.  (Korean Environmental
   Mutagen Soc., c/o Dept. of Zoology, Seoul National Univ., Seoul 151, S.
   Korea)  V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,11,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 14690 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19,98,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Mold - Aspergillus nidulans
DOSE/DURATION           : 800 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 176,29,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 375,205,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 120 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   12,85,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   10(Suppl 10),1,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   10(Suppl 10),1,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
TEST SYSTEM             : Fish - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1400 ppt/7D (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   HYHPDO Hunan Yixueyuan Xuebao.  Journal of Hunan Medical College.  (China
   International Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep. China)
   Beginning history not known.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,153,1987

                              *** 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: 30,319,1983

   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: 30,319,1983

   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 :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - T1833
       No. of Facilities: 3268 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 21
       No. of Occupations: 26
       No. of Employees: 62724 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6716 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive/limited: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NCI Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);clear evidence:rat
   NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
   (Bethesda, MD)  No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-41,78

   NCI Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);no evidence:mouse
   NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
   (Bethesda, MD)  No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-41,78

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***