*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QK2705000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Naphthalenesulfonic acid,
                          4-hydroxy-3-((6-sulfo-2,4-xylyl)azo)-, disodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 4548-53-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 14
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H14-N2-O7-S2.2Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 480.44
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L66J BQ CNUNR B D ESWO& ESWO &-NA- 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Certicol Ponceau SXS
   * Cerven potravinarska 1
   * C.I. 14700
   * C.I. Food Red 1
   * C.I. Food Red 1, disodium salt
   * Crimson 4R
   * 3-((2,4-Dimethyl-5-sulfophenyl)azo)-4-hydroxy-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid, 
    disodium salt
   * 3-((2,4-Dimethyl-5-sulphophenyl)azo)-4-hydroxy-1-naphthalenesulphonic  
   acid, disodium salt
   * Dye FD & C Red No. 4
   * Dye FD and C Red No. 4
   * Edicol Supra Ponceau SX
   * FD and C Red No. 4
   * FD&C Red No. 4 - Aluminium Lake
   * Food Red 4
   * Hexacol Ponceau SX
   * 4-Hydroxy-3-((5-sulpho-2,4-xylyl)azo)-1-naphthalenesulphonic acid,  
   disodium salt
   * Maple Ponceau SX
   * 4-Hydroxy-3-((5-sulfo-2,4-xylyl)azo)-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid, disodium 
    salt
   * Ponceau SX
   * Ponceau SX Lake
   * Purple 4R
   * 1306 Red
   * 12101 Red
   * Red Lake 89865N
   * Red No. 1
   * Red No. 4
   * 4R purple
   * 2-(6-Sulfo-2,4-xylylazo)-1-naphthol-4-sulfonic acid, disodium salt
   * 2-(6-Sulpho-2,4-xylylazo)-1-naphthol-4-sulphonic acid, disodium salt
   * Usacert FD & C Red No. 4
   * Usacert Red No. 4
 
                       *** 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 :
   MEIEDD Merck Index. (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065)  10th ed. 1983.
   For publisher information, see 85KYAH.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   11,1209,1989
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 182 gm/kg/1Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,306,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 1277 gm/kg/7Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - inflammation, necrosis, or scarring of bladder
   Endocrine - other changes
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,306,1966
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1200 gm/kg/78W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   GASTAB Gastroenterology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN
   55802)  V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,1,1953
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 524 gm/kg/73W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Gastrointestinal - tumors
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   VPITAR Voprosy Pitaniya.  Problems of Nutrition.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya
   Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-10, 1932-41; V.11-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,61,1970

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,207,1975

   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,207,1975

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
   IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49
   Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)  No.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   7,56,1987

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ARVPAX Annual Review of Pharmacology.  (Palo Alto, CA)  V.1-15, 1961-75. For
   publisher information, see ARPTDI.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,127,1974

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M3844
       No. of Facilities: 76 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 881 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M3844
       No. of Facilities: 768 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 7
       No. of Employees: 13674 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1853 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***