The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Propionic acid, 2,2 - dichloro -

RTECS #: UF0690000

CAS #: 75-99-0

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 142.97 MF: C3H4Cl2O2


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. MUTATION DATA:
  3. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  4. REVIEWS:
  5. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  6. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  7. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  8. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. 2,2 - Dichloropropanoic acid
  2. 2,2 - Dichloropropionic acid
  3. 2,2 - Dichloropropionic acid (ACGIH)
  4. Alatex
  5. BH dalapon
  6. Basinex
  7. Basinex P
  8. Crisapon
  9. Dalapon
  1. Dalapon 85
  2. Dalascam
  3. Kyselina 2,2 - dichlorpropionova (Czech)
  4. Propanoic acid, 2,2 - dichloro - (9CI)
  5. Proprop
  6. S 1315
  7. S 95 (herbicide)
  8. Tripon
  9. alpha,alpha - Dichloropropionic acid


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
mutation in microorganisms other microorganisms 500 ppm (-enzymatic activation step) IJEBA6 11,114,1973


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
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
skin
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): >5 gm/kg N/R FAATDF 7,299,1986


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 5 mg/m3 ( intermittent) DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value Not Classifiable as a Human Carcinogen DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
RREVAH 53,109,1974
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
DTTIAF 80,485,1973


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
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1998 STATUS OF PESTICIDES: Cancelled RBREV* -,108,1998
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1 ppm (5 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC-TGG 6 mg/m3, 2003


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO 2,2-DICHLOROPROPIONIC ACID-air 10 hour time-weighted average 1 ppm NIOSH* DHHS #95-121,1995
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 83057;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 3;
Number of Occupations 3;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 51


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used against quackgrass, bermudagrass, johnsongrass, cattails, rushes, etc.
On EPA IRIS database


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
DTTIAF Deutsche Tieraerztliche Wochenschrift. (Hanover, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-77, 1893-1970.
FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-40, 1981-97. For publisher information, see TOSCF2
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936-
IJEBA6 Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. (Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR, Hillside Rd., New Delhi 110 012, India) V.1- 1963-
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
RBREV* Status of Pesticides in Registration, Reregistration, and Special Review (Rainbow Report), Special Review and Reregistration Division Office of Pesticide Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, Spring 1998
RREVAH Residue Reviews. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094) V.1- 1962-

Used against quackgrass, bermudagrass, johnsongrass, cattails, rushes, etc.

RTECS Compound Description:
   Agricultural Chemical
   Mutagen

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