*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QK3850000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Naphthalene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 119-64-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H12
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 132.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L66&TJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Naphthalene 1,2,3,4-tetrahydride
   * Delta(sup 5,7,9)-naphthantriene
   * Tetrahydronaphthalene
   * 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydronaphthalene
   * Tetralin
   * Tetralina
   * Tetraline
   * Tetranap
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Open irritation test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1/12/1972
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1620 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1/12/1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 17300 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UCDS** Union Carbide Data Sheet.  (Union Carbide Corp., 39 Old Ridgebury
   Rd., Danbury, CT 06817)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1/12/1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 275 ppm
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
   Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,47,1986

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84671
       No. of Facilities: 622 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 11
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 2237 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 84671
       No. of Facilities: 117 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 504 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 146 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NTP Carcinogenesis studies; on test (prechronic studies), October 1997

 
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