*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QK8837500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Naphthenic acid, calcium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 61789-36-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Calcium naphthenate
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >6 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - food intake (animal)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,477,1955

                          *** 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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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

 
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