The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Stearic acid, calcium salt

RTECS #: WI3000000

CAS #: 1592-23-0

UPDATE: May 2004 MW: 607.14 MF: C36H70O4•Ca


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. Aquacal
  2. Flexichem
  3. Flexichem CS
  4. Nopcote C 104
  5. Octadecanoic acid, calcium salt
  6. Stavinor 30
  7. Calcium distearate
  1. Calcium stearate
  2. Calstar
  3. G 339 S
  4. Stearates (ACGIH)
  5. Synpro stearate
  6. Witco G 339S


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


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
inhalation
mammal (species unspecified) 		lethal concentration : >1,241 mg/m3/4 hour N/R GTPZAB 36(4),17,1992
intraperitoneal
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): >10 gm/kg N/R GTPZAB 36(4),17,1992
oral
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): >10 gm/kg N/R GTPZAB 36(4),17,1992
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): >10 gm/kg N/R GTPZAB 36(4),17,1992


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 Not classifiable as a human carcinogen DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 15765;
Number of Industries 138;
Total Number of Facilities 13,630;
Number of Occupations 99;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 162,801
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 15765;
Number of Industries 162;
Total Number of Facilities 22,428;
Number of Occupations 128;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 486,631;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 137,442


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used in cosmetics as an opacifier, emulsifier, a direct food additive
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


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
GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI

Used in cosmetics as an opacifier, emulsifier, a direct food additive

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