RTECS NUMBER : PB1140000
CHEMICAL NAME : Methanesulfonic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 75-75-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1446024
REFERENCE : 4-04-00-00010 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 11
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C-H4-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 96.11
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WSQ1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Kyselina methansulfonova
* Methylsulfonic acid
*** 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 : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
KODAK* Kodak Company Reports. (343 State St., Rochester, NY 14650)
Volume(issue)/page/year: 21MAY1971
TYPE OF TEST : LC - Lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : >330 ppm/6H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
KODAK* Kodak Company Reports. (343 State St., Rochester, NY 14650)
Volume(issue)/page/year: 21MAY1971
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
KODAK* Kodak Company Reports. (343 State St., Rochester, NY 14650)
Volume(issue)/page/year: 21MAY1971
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Bird - quail
DOSE/DURATION : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JRPFA4 Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot,
POB 32, Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK) V.1- 1960-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,371,1976
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 83577
No. of Facilities: 82 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 3
No. of Occupations: 9
No. of Employees: 1209 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 83577
No. of Facilities: 325 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 7
No. of Occupations: 13
No. of Employees: 8084 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 1393 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: E coli polA without S9
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal