*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SN3570000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Phenol, 2,4,6-tris(1,1-dimethylethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 732-26-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H30-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 262.48
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Alkofen B
   * P23
   * Phenol, 2,4,6-tri-tert-butyl-
   * TM02
   * 2,4,6-Tri-tert-butylphenol
 
                       *** 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           : 1670 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
   SRTCAC Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series
   C: Medicine. (Tohoku University, Research Institute for Tuberculosis and
   Cancer, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Sendai, Japan)  V.1-   1949-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36(1-4),10,1989
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 8580 mg/kg/10D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   JONUAI Journal of Nutrition.  (Subscription Dept., 9650 Rockville Pike,
   Bethesda, MD 20014) V.1-    1928-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 109,453,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 10914 mg/kg/3W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - effect, not otherwise
   specified
   Blood - hemorrhage
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,935,1982

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M4377
       No. of Facilities: 9 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 211 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4377
       No. of Facilities: 279 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 12085 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 239 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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