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Benzyl alcohol, o - hydroxy -

RTECS #: DO6430000

CAS #: 90-01-7

UPDATE: November 2005 MW: 124.15 MF: C7H8O2


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. 2 - Hydroxybenzenemethanol
  2. 2 - Hydroxybenzyl alcohol
  3. 2 - Hydroxymethylphenol
  4. 2 - Methylolphenol
  5. Benzenemethanol, 2 - hydroxy - (9CI)
  6. Diathesin
  7. Sal
  1. Salicyl alcohol
  2. Saligenin
  3. Saligenol
  4. alpha,2 - Dihydroxytoluene
  5. o - (Hydroxymethyl) phenol
  6. o - Hydroxybenzyl alcohol
  7. o - Methylolphenol


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
subcutaneous
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 400 mg/kg (11 day pregnant) Reproductive: Effects on fertility: Post- implantation mortality (e.g., dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants)

Reproductive: Specific developmental abnormalities: Musculoskeletal system 		RCOCB8 38,209,1982


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
skin
human 		lowest published toxic concentration: 0.1 pph Skin: After topical application: Dermatitis, allergic AJCDE* 13,198,2002


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

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


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 80312;
Number of Industries 3;
Total Number of Facilities 141;
Number of Occupations 4;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 3,095
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 80312;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 18;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 108;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 72


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
AJCDE* American Journal of Contact Dermatitis: Official Journal of the American Contact Dermatitis Society (Philadelphia, PA : W.B. Saunders, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) V.1-14 1990-2003.
RCOCB8 Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. (PJD Pub. Ltd., P.O. Box 966, Westbury, NY 11590) V.1- 1970-

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