RTECS NUMBER : AG3325000
CHEMICAL NAME : Acetic acid, cobalt(2+) salt, tetrahydrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 6147-53-1
LAST UPDATED : 199510
DATA ITEMS CITED : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H6-O4.Co.4H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 249.11
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV1 2 &-CO- &QH 4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Mutagen
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Bis(acetato)tetraquacobalt
* Cobalt acetate tetrahydrate
* Cobalt(II) acetate tetrahydrate
* Cobalt diacetate tetrahydrate
* Cobaltous acetate tetrahydrate
* Octan kobaltnaty
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate
REFERENCE :
28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,21,1972
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,21,1972
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 708 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
20,311,1982
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 600 ug/L
REFERENCE :
CYGEDX Cytology and Genetics (English Translation). Translation of TGANAK.
(Allerton Press Inc., 150 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011) V.8- 1974-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 12(3),46,1978
*** REVIEWS ***
IARC Cancer Review:Human Inadequate Evidence
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- Volume(issue)/page/year: 52,363,1991
IARC Cancer Review:Group 2B
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- Volume(issue)/page/year: 52,363,1991
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO COBALT METAL, dust and fume-air:10H TWA 0.05 mg/m3
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X3284
No. of Facilities: 52 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 3
No. of Employees: 6143 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 629 (estimated)
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