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EC number: 201-178-4 | CAS number: 79-11-8
Acute Toxicity: inhalation
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: inhalation
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- other information
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Secondary source only
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Chloroacetic acid, CAS No: 79-11-8
- Author:
- OECD SIDS
- Year:
- 1 996
- Bibliographic source:
- http://www.inc hem.org/doc uments/sids/s ids/79118.pdf
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Empirical determination of the MAC value for chloracetic acid in production plant atmospheres
- Author:
- Maksimov, G.G. and Dubinina, O.N.
- Year:
- 1 974
- Bibliographic source:
- Labour Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, 18, 32
Materials and methods
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Rats were exposed for 4 h to the test substance to determine the LC 50 value.
- GLP compliance:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Chloroacetic acid
- EC Number:
- 201-178-4
- EC Name:
- Chloroacetic acid
- Cas Number:
- 79-11-8
- Molecular formula:
- C2H3ClO2
- IUPAC Name:
- chloroacetic acid
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): Chloracetic acid
- Analytical purity: no data
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- not specified
- Sex:
- not specified
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- inhalation
- Type of inhalation exposure:
- not specified
- Duration of exposure:
- 4
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Sex:
- not specified
- Dose descriptor:
- LC50
- Effect level:
- 0.18 mg/L air
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Exp. duration:
- 4 h
- Mortality:
- A LC50 of 0.18 mg chloracetic acid/L air was determined in rats for acute inhalation toxicity.
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