RTECS NUMBER : FI0705000
CHEMICAL NAME : Carrageenan, calcium(II) salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 9049-05-2
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 9
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Algin gum
* Calcium carageenin
* Calcium carrageenan
* Calcium carragheenate
* Carrageen, calcium salt
* Viscarin 402
*** 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 : 5140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FAONAU FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series. (Rome, Italy) No.?-57,
1948-77. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 53A,386,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 8710 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FAONAU FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series. (Rome, Italy) No.?-57,
1948-77. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 53A,386,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2280 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FAONAU FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series. (Rome, Italy) No.?-57,
1948-77. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 53A,386,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION : 6180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FAONAU FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series. (Rome, Italy) No.?-57,
1948-77. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 53A,386,1974
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 13 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 14 day(s) pre-mating - 21 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - behavioral
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
50,267,1979
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 105 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION : multigenerations
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - growth statistics (e.g.%, reduced weight
gain)
REFERENCE :
FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For
publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,533,1977
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 83861
No. of Facilities: 296 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 9
No. of Occupations: 11
No. of Employees: 3731 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 83861
No. of Facilities: 60 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 1
No. of Occupations: 2
No. of Employees: 602 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 361 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
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