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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Remarks:
Tessenderlo
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
test procedure in accordance with national standard methods

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1994
Report date:
1994

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 401 (Acute Oral Toxicity)
GLP compliance:
yes (incl. QA statement)

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Calcium sulfide (Ca(Sx))
EC Number:
215-709-2
EC Name:
Calcium sulfide (Ca(Sx))
Cas Number:
1344-81-6
Molecular formula:
CaSx (X=2,3,4,5,6,7)
IUPAC Name:
Calcium sulfide (Ca(Sx)
Test material form:
liquid

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Sprague-Dawley
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
See it in the attachement on page 7 in the procedure

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
water
Doses:
100-5000 mg/kg of body weight
No. of animals per sex per dose:
5
Control animals:
yes
Details on study design:
See it in the attachement.
Statistics:
Lithcfield, J. Jr., and Wilcoxon, F.J. Pharm. Exp. Therap. 96: 99-115 (1949)

Results and discussion

Effect levelsopen allclose all
Key result
Sex:
female
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
>= 920 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
95% CL:
> 773 - < 1 095
Key result
Sex:
male
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
>= 820 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
95% CL:
> 773 - < 1 095
Mortality:
See it in the attachement on page 8 in the mortality summary table
Clinical signs:
other: See it in the attachement on page 7 in the results
Gross pathology:
See it in the attachement on page 7 in the results

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
Category 4 based on GHS criteria
Conclusions:
It is classified as H302 ( acuter oral toxicity category 4)
Executive summary:

LD 50 is 820 mg/kg bw.