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EC number: 202-879-8 | CAS number: 100-69-6
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Description of key information
Several repeated dose oral toxicity studies on 2VP in rats are available which suggest a systemic NOAEL between 20 and 50 mg/kg bw/d. There is no evidence of specific target organ toxicity; rather only signs of generalized toxicity such as changes in food consumption, altered body weight gain, and changes in relative organ weights. Concerning local effects, 2VP displayed corrosive effects at the portal of entry, the nonglandular stomach. The LOAEL for this effect was 20 mg/kg bw/d in the 90-day study.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Repeated dose toxicity: via oral route - systemic effects
Endpoint conclusion
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- 20 mg/kg bw/day
- Study duration:
- subchronic
- Species:
- rat
Additional information
2-Vinylpyridine was studied in a 90-day repeated dose oral toxicity study in CD rats (Vlaovic, 1994). Doses (20, 60 and 180 mg/kg bw/d) were administered five days per week for 92 days. The high dose was considered toxic, with the major finding being reduced feed consumption in males and reduced body weight gain in males. Minor effects included slight changes in hematology and clinical chemistry values, and selected absolute and relative organs weights, not all of which were dose-related. The high dose (180 mg/kg/day) was clearly irritating to the non-glandular stomach epithelium of both sexes and microscopically was characterized by degeneration, hyperkeratosis and acanthosis resulting in a thickening of the non-glandular epithelium. The mid (60 mg/kg/day) dose produced a slight but statistically significant increase in liver weight relative to body weight (males) and relative to brain weight in female rats, which showed a dose relationship. Levels of Aspartate aminotransferase enzyme in the blood were also elevated. No histopathology in the liver (or any other organ other than stomach) was noted. Gross and histopathologic changes in the stomach, seen in all repeat dose studies, are ascribed to local irritation of the test material. The authors of the 90-day study identified the LOAEL for systemic effects to be 60 mg/kg bw/d, and the NOAEL to be 20 mg/kg bw/d. The LOAEL for local effects in the stomach was 20 mg/kg bw/d.
These conclusions are generally consistent with the findings in a 28-day study by Oba, et.al, 1997, where 2VP as administered by gavage to CD rats at doses of 12.5, 50 and 200 mg/kg bw/d. Decreased body weight gain and organ weight changes occurred in the high dose group, along with histopathologically-confirmed irritation effects in the forestomach (due to local corrosive effects). In the mid dose group of 50 mg/kg bw/d, there were no significant findings other than irritation effects in the stomach. The low dose group of 12.5 mg/kg bw/d did not show gastrointestinal irritation effects.
The systemic NOAEL is 20 mg/kg bw/day from the 90-day study of Vlaovic (1984), based on the absence of substance-related effects other than non-glandular stomach effects. The local LOAEL is 20 mg/kg bw/day, as there were minimal irritation effects in the stomach from repeated oral administration of a corrosive substance. In the 28-day study (Oba, et.al, 1997), the local NOAEL is 12.5 mg/kg bw/day, consistent with a local NOAEL of less than 20 mg/kg bw/day from the Vlaovic study.
From an exposure-based perspective, this substance is not one which will be available for oral consumption as food or in food contact materials. It is a reactive monomer for polymer formation and is bound in a polymer matrix after synthetic reactions take place. Hence, the likelihood that either workers or the general public would be orally exposed to the substance is negligible.
Repeated dose toxicity: via oral route - systemic effects (target organ) digestive: liver; digestive: stomach
Justification for classification or non-classification
The repeated dose studies reported herein indicate that there is no evidence of systemic toxic effects of 2-vinylpyridine to specific organs after repeated dose exposure in rats. There is no indication for a classification of Specific Target Organ Toxicity. Generalized toxicity effects (decreased weight gain, liver weight/function changes) are observed at concentrations of 60 mg/kg bw/day or higher for 90 days. Local irritation effects in the stomach are not specific to any particular organ, but rather are nonspecific corrosive effects associated with site of contact (portal of entry). 2-Vinylpyridine is classified as corrosive to skin and to the respiratory tract, which will insure that workers are advised to wear protective clothing and minimize breathing of the substance. It it not expected to be ingested.
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