Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 202-626-1 | CAS number: 98-00-0
Health surveillance data
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- health surveillance data
- Type of information:
- other: reported observations
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Data from published review article
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- Criteria for a recommended standard – occupational exposure to furfuryl alcohol.
- Author:
- US National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
- Year:
- 1 979
- Bibliographic source:
- DHEW (NIOSH) Publication 79-133
- Reference Type:
- other: citation in review article
- Title:
- Health hazard evaluation determination report no 73-116-85
- Author:
- Apol A
- Year:
- 1 973
- Bibliographic source:
- Cincinnati Dept of Health, Education and Welfare; Public Health Service, Centre for Disease Control , NIOSH
Materials and methods
- Study type:
- self-reporting of symptoms
- Endpoint addressed:
- skin irritation / corrosion
- GLP compliance:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Furfuryl alcohol
- EC Number:
- 202-626-1
- EC Name:
- Furfuryl alcohol
- Cas Number:
- 98-00-0
- Molecular formula:
- C5H6O2
- IUPAC Name:
- (furan-2-yl)methanol
- Details on test material:
- Mixture of furfuryl alcohol and paraformaldehyde, a phosphoric and sulphuric mixture, and sand
Constituent 1
Method
- Type of population:
- occupational
- Ethical approval:
- not applicable
- Details on study design:
- Observations made during foundry coremaking and core-curing.
Results and discussion
- Results:
- Despite the fact that the skin of the exposed workers had come into contact with furfuryl alcohol, no signs of skin irritation were evident during the process and, in addition, the authors reported that none had occurred in the foundry previously.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
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