*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OZ4400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methacrylic acid, ethylene ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 97-90-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1776663
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01532 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H14-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 198.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1UY1&VO2OVY1&U1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ageflex EGDM
   * 1,2-Bis(methacryloyloxy)ethane
   * Diglycol dimethacrylate
   * Ethanediol dimethacrylate
   * Ethyldiol metacrylate
   * Ethylene glycol bis(methacrylate)
   * Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate
   * Ethylene methacrylate
   * Glycol dimethacrylate
   * 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 1,2-ethanediyl ester
   * Sartomer SR 206
   * SR 206
 
                       *** 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           : 3300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24(4),58,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AMPMAR Archives des Maladies Professionnelles de Medecine du Travail et de
   Securite Sociale.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France)  V.7-    1946-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,58,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24(4),58,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 5820 umol/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:
   17,264,1991

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M3204
       No. of Facilities: 983 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 7
       No. of Employees: 6295 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M3204
       No. of Facilities: 562 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 14
       No. of Employees: 9073 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 3604 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA 8(a) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, FINAL RULE
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   47,26992,82

   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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