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Acrylic acid, polymers

RTECS #: AT4680000

CAS #: 9003-01-4

UPDATE: February 2008 MW: 168.06 MF: (C3H4O2)x


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  3. REVIEWS:
  4. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  5. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  6. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  7. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. 2 - Propenoic acid homopolymer (9CI)
  2. Acrylic acid homopolymer
  3. Acrylic acid resin
  4. Acrylic polymer
  5. Acrylic resin
  6. Acrysol WS - 24
  7. Acrysol A 1
  8. Acrysol A 3
  9. Acrysol A 5
  10. Acrysol AC 5
  11. Acrysol ase - 75
  12. Antiprex A
  13. Antiprex 461
  14. Arasorb 750
  15. Arasorb S 100F
  16. Arolon
  17. Aron
  18. Aron A 10H
  19. Atactic poly (acrylic acid)
  20. Carbopol 960
  21. Carbopol 961
  22. Carboset 515
  23. Carboset Resin No. 515
  24. Carboxypolymethylene
  25. Carboxy vinyl polymer
  26. Carpolene
  27. Colloids 119/50
  28. Dispex C40
  29. G - Cure
  30. Good - rite K 37
  31. Good - rite K - 700
  32. Good - rite K 702
  33. Good - rite K727
  34. Good - rite WS 801
  1. Haloflex 202
  2. Haloflex 208
  3. Junlon 110
  4. Jurimer AC 10H
  5. Jurimer AC 10P
  6. Nalfloc 636
  7. Neocryl A - 1038
  8. OLD 01
  9. P 11H
  10. PA 11M
  11. PAA - 25
  12. Poly (acrylic acid)
  13. Polyacrylate elastomers
  14. Polymer, carboxy vinyl
  15. Polytex 973
  16. R968
  17. Racryl
  18. Revacryl A 191
  19. Sokalan PAS
  20. Solidokoll N
  21. Synthemul 90 - 588
  22. TB 1131
  23. Tecpol
  24. Texcryl
  25. Versicol E 7
  26. Versicol E9
  27. Versicol E15
  28. Versicol S 25
  29. Viscalex HV 30
  30. Viscon 103
  31. WS 24
  32. WS 801
  33. XPA


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE 		DOSE REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R N/R


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
intraperitoneal
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 39 mg/kg N/R JMCMAR 21,652,1978
intravenous
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 70 mg/kg N/R ZMEIAV (9),14,1979
oral
guinea pig 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 2 gm/kg N/R AIPTAK 114,258,1958
oral
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 4,600 mg/kg N/R FRPPAO 25,721,1970
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 2,500 mg/kg N/R ACIEAY 14,94,1975


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review Human No Adequate Data IMEMDT 19,47,1979
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review Animal No Adequate Data IMEMDT 19,47,1979
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review Group 3 IMSUDL 7,56,1987
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
IJTOFN 21,1,2002


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION FEREAC 54,7740,1989
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1998 STATUS OF PESTICIDES: Cancelled RBREV* -,332,1998
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC-TGG 0.05 mg/m3, 2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.05 mg/m3,KZG- week 0.05 mg/m3, DEC2006


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 82129;
Number of Industries 44;
Total Number of Facilities 2,084;
Number of Occupations 55;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 34,007
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X7610;
Number of Industries 198;
Total Number of Facilities 31,268;
Number of Occupations 162;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 571,954;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 232,712


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as textile warp sizes for man-made fiber monofilaments, as a thickener in latex paint
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
ACIEAY Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English. (VCH Pub., Inc., 303 NW 12th Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33441) V.1- 1962-
AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4- 1898-
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936-
FRPPAO Farmaco, Edizione Pratica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia, Italy) V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
IJTOFN International Journal of Toxicology. (Taylor & Francis, 47 Runway Rd., Suite g, Levittown, PA 19057) V.16- 1997-
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972-
IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) No.1- 1979-
JMCMAR Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. (American Chemical Soc., Distribution Office Dept. 223, POB POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC 20037) V.6- 1963-
RBREV* Status of Pesticides in Registration, Reregistration, and Special Review (Rainbow Report), Special Review and Reregistration Division Office of Pesticide Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, Spring 1998
ZMEIAV Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii. Journal of Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Immunology. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.14- 1935-

Used as textile warp sizes for man-made fiber monofilaments, as a thickener in latex paint

RTECS Compound Description:
   Tumorigen

ALT CAS #: 51142-25-7
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