*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PB0380000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methanesulfinic acid, hydroxy-, monosodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 149-44-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H4-O3-S.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 119.10
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Q1SQO &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aldanil
   * Discolite
   * Formaldehyde hydrosulfite
   * Formaldehyde sodium bisulfite adduct
   * Formaldehyde sodium sulfoxylate
   * Formaldehydesulfoxylic acid sodium salt
   * Formopan
   * Hydrolit
   * Hydrosulfite AWC
   * Hydroxymethanesulfinic acid sodium salt
   * Oxymethansulfinsaeuren natrium
   * Rongalit
   * Rongalit C
   * Rongalite
   * Rongalite C
   * Sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate
   * Sodium hydroxymethanesulfinate
   * Sodium methanalsulfoxylate
   * Sodium oxymethanesulfinic acid
   * Sodium sulfoxylate formaldehyde
 
                       *** 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           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,959,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,959,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,959,1980

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83726
       No. of Facilities: 5560 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 46
       No. of Occupations: 29
       No. of Employees: 21898 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83726
       No. of Facilities: 2998 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 10
       No. of Occupations: 37
       No. of Employees: 239465 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 187432 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster-reciprocal
   translocation
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***