*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QJ1975000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Naphthalenecarboxylic acid,
                          3-hydroxy-4-((4-methyl-2-sulfophenyl)azo)-, disodium
                          salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5858-81-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H14-N2-O6-S.2Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 432.38
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cerven pigment 57
   * C.I. 15850
   * C.I. Pigment Red 57
   * C.I. Pigment Red 57, disodium salt
   * D and C Red No. 6
   * Irgalite Red 4B
   * Irgalite Rubine PB
   * Isol Bona Rubine BK
   * Isol Bona Rubine BKS
   * Isol Bona Rubine KBK
   * Isol Ruby BK
   * Isol Ruby BKS
   * Japan Red 201
   * Kromon Permanent Red 4B
   * Lithol Rubine
   * Lithol rubin B
   * Lithol Rubine BNA
   * Permanent Red 4B
   * Permanent Red F 6R
   * Pigment Red 57
   * Pigment Rubine B
   * Pigment Rubine BCL
   * Plastol Rubine BC
   * Red 102
   * 11070 Red
   * Resamine Rubine BC
   * Rubine Red RR 1253
   * Segnale Red 3R
   * Silotermo Carmine G
   * Siloton Rubine B
   * Siloton Rubine 2B
   * Vynamon Claret Y
 
                       *** 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           : >10800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SRTCAC Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series
   C: Medicine. (Tohoku University, Research Institute for Tuberculosis and
   Cancer, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai, Japan)  V.1-   1949-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36(1-4),10,1989

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M0646
       No. of Facilities: 8199 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 60
       No. of Occupations: 47
       No. of Employees: 72546 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M0646
       No. of Facilities: 990 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 12
       No. of Occupations: 26
       No. of Employees: 20889 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1573 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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