The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
Polyethylene RTECS #: TQ3325000
CAS #: 9002-88-4
The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
Polyethylene |
| UPDATE: October 1997 | MW: N/R | MF: (C2H4)n |
SYNONYMS:
|
|
| |
SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:
ROUTE/ | ORGANISM
DOSE
|
| EFFECT
REFERENCE
|
N/R |
N/R
|
N/R
|
N/R
|
| |||
MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:
SYSTEM TEST
|
ROUTE/ | ORGANISM/ TISSUE
DOSE
|
REFERENCE
|
N/R
|
N/R
|
N/R
|
N/R
|
| |||
REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:
ROUTE/ | ORGANISM
DOSE
|
| EFFECT
REFERENCE
|
N/R |
N/R
|
N/R
|
N/R
|
| |||
TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:
ROUTE/ | ORGANISM
DOSE
|
| EFFECT
REFERENCE
|
implant | mouse
lowest published toxic dose: 331 mg/kg
|
Tumorigenic: Equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria | Tumorigenic: Tumors at site of application
CNREA8 15,333,1955
|
implant | rat
lowest published toxic dose: 33 mg/kg
|
Tumorigenic: Equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria | Tumorigenic: Tumors at site of application
CNREA8 15,333,1955
|
implant | rat
toxic dose : 2,120 mg/kg
|
Tumorigenic: Equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria | Blood: Lymphoma including Hodgkin's disease Tumorigenic: Tumors at site of application
BJCAAI 23,401,1969
|
implant | rat
toxic dose : 1,476 mg/kg
|
Tumorigenic: Equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria | Tumorigenic: Tumors at site of application
CORTBR 88,223,1972
|
implant | rat
toxic dose : 1,000 mg/kg
|
Tumorigenic: Equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria | Tumorigenic: Tumors at site of application
AJOGAH 96,134,1966
|
| |||
ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:
ROUTE/ | ORGANISM
DOSE
|
| EFFECT
REFERENCE
|
oral | mouse
lowest published lethal dose: 5 gm/kg
|
N/R
|
TPKVAL 5,136,1963
|
oral | rat
lethal dose : >3 gm/kg
|
Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder: Other changes
|
KSRNAM 16,175,1982
|
| |||
OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:
ROUTE/ | ORGANISM
DOSE
|
| EFFECT
REFERENCE
|
N/R |
N/R
|
N/R
|
N/R
|
| |||
REVIEWS:
ORGANIZATION
|
STANDARD
|
|
REFERENCE
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review
|
Human No Adequate Data
|
IMEMDT 19,157,1979
|
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review
|
Animal Inadequate Evidence
|
IMEMDT 19,157,1979
|
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review
|
Group 3
|
IMSUDL 7,56,1987
|
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
|
|
ACEDAB 185,296,1974
|
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
|
|
SMJOAV 67,1459,1974
|
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
|
|
ETOXAC 6,1,1975
|
| ||
STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
ORGANIZATION
|
STANDARD
|
|
REFERENCE
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1988
|
PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
|
FEREAC 54,7740,1989
|
| ||
NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
ORGANIZATION
|
STANDARD or SURVEY
|
|
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974
|
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: M0907; | Number of Industries 250; Total Number of Facilities 45,752; Number of Occupations 135; Total Number of Employees Exposed 493,745
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983
|
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: T1799 |  ;Number of Industries 74; Total Number of Facilities 10,183; Number of Occupations 67; Total Number of Employees Exposed 170,078; Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 35,399
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983
|
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X2844 | ;Number of Industries 3; Total Number of Facilities 376; Number of Occupations 3; Total Number of Employees Exposed 3,711
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983
|
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X6629 |
;Number of Industries 245; Total Number of Facilities 44,299; Number of Occupations 157; Total Number of Employees Exposed 867,257; Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 277,117 | ||||||
STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
ORGANIZATION
|
|
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
|
Used in the production of film, in injection and blow moulding, wire and cable insulation
|
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
|
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001
|
| |||||
REFERENCES:
CODEN
|
|
REFERENCE
ACEDAB
|
Acta Endocrinologica, Supplementum (Copenhagen). (Periodica, Skolegade 12 E, DK-2500 Valby,
Denmark) No.1- 1948-
|
AJOGAH
|
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (C.V. Mosby Co., 11830 Westline Industrial
Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146) V.1- 1920-
|
BJCAAI
|
British Journal of Cancer. (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS,
UK) V.1- 1947-
|
CNREA8
|
Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA
19106) V.1- 1941-
|
CORTBR
|
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. (Lippincott/Harper, Journal Fulfillment Dept.,
2350 Virginia Ave., Hagerstown, MD 21740) No.26- 1963-
|
ETOXAC
|
Essays in Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1969-
|
FEREAC
|
Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)
V.1- 1936-
|
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-
|
IMSUDL
|
IARC Monographs, Supplement. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY
12210) No.1- 1979-
|
KSRNAM
|
Kiso to Rinsho. Clinical Report. (Yubunsha Co., Ltd., 1-5, Kanda Suda-Cho, Chiyoda-ku, KS
Bldg., Tokyo 101, Japan) V.1- 1960-
|
SMJOAV
|
Southern Medical Journal. (Southern Medical Assoc., POB 2446, Birmingham, AL 35205) V.1-
1908-
|
TPKVAL
|
Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv. Toxicology of New Industrial
Chemical Substances. For English translation, see TNICS*. (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow,
USSR) No.1- 1961-
|
| |