RTECS NUMBER : WI4390000
CHEMICAL NAME : Stearic acid, magnesium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 557-04-0
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C36-H70-O4.Mg
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 591.37
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Dibasic magnesium stearate
* Magnesium stearate
* Octadecanoic acid, magnesium salt
* Petrac MG 20NF
* Stearates
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1092 gm/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver - changes in liver weight
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
TXCYAC Toxicology. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,51,1980
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997
ACGIH TLV-TWA 10 mg/m3
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 81884
No. of Facilities: 2092 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 19
No. of Occupations: 34
No. of Employees: 31116 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X6914
No. of Facilities: 64 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 1
No. of Occupations: 2
No. of Employees: 320 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 81884
No. of Facilities: 5057 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 57
No. of Occupations: 78
No. of Employees: 184994 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 101129 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
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