*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RJ3696300
CHEMICAL NAME           : Oils, palm
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 8002-75-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Palm butter
   * Palm oil
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 55 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 5-15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
   resorbed implants per total number of implants)
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
   SEIJBO Senten Ijo.  Congenital Anomalies.  (Nippon Senten Ijo Gakkai, c/o
   Kinki Daigaku Igakubu Kaibagaku Kyoshitsu, 380 Nishiyama, Sayama-cho,
   Mirami-Kawachi-gun, Osaka-fu, Japan) V.1-26, 1960-86. For publisher
   information, see CGANE7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,139,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 165 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 5-15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
REFERENCE :
   SEIJBO Senten Ijo.  Congenital Anomalies.  (Nippon Senten Ijo Gakkai, c/o
   Kinki Daigaku Igakubu Kaibagaku Kyoshitsu, 380 Nishiyama, Sayama-cho,
   Mirami-Kawachi-gun, Osaka-fu, Japan) V.1-26, 1960-86. For publisher
   information, see CGANE7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,139,1980

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83830
       No. of Facilities: 5773 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 27
       No. of Occupations: 33
       No. of Employees: 23110 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83830
       No. of Facilities: 164 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 12733 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6807 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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