*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QW0970000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nitrocellulose
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9004-70-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * C 2018
   * CA 80-15
   * Celex
   * Celloidin
   * Cellulose nitrate
   * Cellulose, nitrate
   * Cellulose tetranitrate
   * Collodion
   * Collodion cotton
   * Collodion wool
   * Colloxylin
   * Corial EM finish F
   * E 1440
   * Flexible collodion
   * FM-Nts
   * Guncotton
   * HX 3/5
   * Kodak LR 115
   * LR 115
   * Nitrocellulose E950
   * Nitrocotton
   * Nitron
   * Nitron (nitrocellulose)
   * Nixon N/C
   * NTs 62
   * NTs 218
   * NTs 222
   * NTs 539
   * NTs 542
   * Parlodion
   * Pyralin
   * Pyroxylin
   * RF 10
   * RS
   * R.S.Nitrocellulose
   * Soluble gun cotton
   * Synpor
   * Tsapolak 964
   * Xyloidin
 
                       *** 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           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   33,159,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   33,159,1975

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD778-725

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T0186
       No. of Facilities: 1058 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 18
       No. of Occupations: 15
       No. of Employees: 3797 (estimated)
   
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81779
       No. of Facilities: 74092 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 317
       No. of Occupations: 155
       No. of Employees: 668421 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81779
       No. of Facilities: 50531 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 259
       No. of Occupations: 156
       No. of Employees: 712600 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 115799 (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

 
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