*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PB6900000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methane, trifluoro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 75-46-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1731035
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00024 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H-F3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 70.02
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FYFF
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Arcton 1
   * Carbon trifluoride
   * FC 23 (fluorocarbon)
   * Fluoroform
   * Fluoryl
   * Freon 23
   * Freon F-23
   * Freon R 23
   * Genetron-23
   * Halocarbon 23
   * Methyl trifluoride
   * R 23
   * R 23 (halocarbon)
   * Trifluoromethane
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 98 pph/10M
REFERENCE :
   ENVRAL Environmental Research.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St.,
   Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,275,1974

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82197
       No. of Facilities: 11 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 357 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82197
       No. of Facilities: 14 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 529 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 353 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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