*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RX4280000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pectin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9000-69-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Citrus pectin
   * Colyer pectin
   * Genu Pectin L 200
   * Marpee NL
   * Marpee OM
   * Mexpectin
   * Methoxypectin
   * Methyl pectin
   * Methyl pectinate
   * Pectinate
   * Pectinic acid
   * Pectins
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FOREAE Food Research.  (Champaign, IL)  V.1-25, 1936-60.  For publisher
   information, see JFDSAZ.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,29,1948
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   56(1),58S,1960

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84368
       No. of Facilities: 1645 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 16045 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7456
       No. of Facilities: 1936 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 9
       No. of Occupations: 19
       No. of Employees: 54050 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 46189 (estimated)

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

 
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