Toxicity
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
RTECS NUMBER :
WI4390000
CHEMICAL NAME :
Stearic acid,
magnesium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
557-04-0
LAST UPDATED :
199712
DATA
ITEMS CITED :
7
MOLECULAR FORMULA :
C36-H70-O4.Mg
HEALTH HAZARD DATA
ACUTE
TOXICITY DATA
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE
:
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION :
1092
gm/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver - changes in liver weight Nutritional and Gross
Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain Related to Chronic Data -
death
REFERENCE :
TXCYAC Toxicology. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,51,1980 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH
TLV-Not classifiable as a human carcinogen DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and
Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental
Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997
ACGIH TLV-TWA 10 mg/m3 DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure
Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
(ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 *** NIOSH STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS -
National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 81884 No. of Facilities: 2092
(estimated) No. of Industries: 19 No. of Occupations: 34 No. of Employees: 31116 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X6914 No. of
Facilities: 64 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 2 No. of Employees: 320
(estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 81884 No.
of Facilities: 5057 (estimated) No. of Industries: 57 No. of Occupations: 78 No. of
Employees: 184994 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 101129 (estimated)
