*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OW1450000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mercury, chloropropyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2440-40-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199207
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H7-Cl-Hg
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 279.14
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Organometallic
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chloropropylmercury
   * Propylmercuric chloride
   * Propylmercury chloride
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MJDHDW Mukogawa Joshi Daigaku Kiyo, Shokumotsu-hen.  Bulletin of Mukogawa
   Women's University, Food Science Series.  (Mukogawa Joshi Daigaku, 6-46,
   Ikebiraki-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo-ken, Japan) No.19-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,F39,1980

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NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO MERCURY, ORGANO-air:TWA 0.01 mg/m3;STEL 0.03 mg/m3 (Sk)
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

 
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