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EC number: 212-769-1 | CAS number: 868-14-4
- 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
Respiratory sensitisation
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- respiratory sensitisation
- Remarks:
- other: medical monitoring
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: The study has been assessed for the use in a category approach. According to the methodology and to the extent of available details, the study has been judged as reliable with restrictions.
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Indagine su un gruppo di soggetti con esposizione professionale ad acido tartarico
- Author:
- Moscato et al.
- Year:
- 1 983
- Bibliographic source:
- ltal. Med. Lav. 1983; 5: 193-198.
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Evaluation of human workers occupationally-exposed to tartaric acid.
The study reports the results of un investigation carried out in a factory producing tartaric acid in order to evaluate the effects of occupational exposure to tartaric acid. A group of 74 subjects exposed to the acid and a group of 30 subjects not exposed, as a means of control, were submitted to unamnestic questionnaire. - GLP compliance:
- not specified
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- (+)-tartaric acid
- EC Number:
- 201-766-0
- EC Name:
- (+)-tartaric acid
- Cas Number:
- 87-69-4
- Molecular formula:
- C4H6O6
- IUPAC Name:
- (2R,3R)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioic acid
- Test material form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Remarks:
- migrated information: powder
- Details on test material:
- No further details on the test material identity are available.
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- human
- Strain:
- other: not applicable
- Sex:
- not specified
Test system
- Route of induction exposure:
- other:
- Route of challenge exposure:
- inhalation
- Vehicle:
- not specified
- Concentration:
- no data
- No. of animals per dose:
- Selection of the subjects:
- 74 workers
44 subjects belonging to risk group, assigned the production of tartaric acid.
30 subjects belonging to the control group (not exposed to tartaric acid)
- history evaluated for each subject: occupational, family, medical - Details on study design:
- no data
- Challenge controls:
- no data
- Positive control substance(s):
- not specified
- Negative control substance(s):
- other: not exposed subjects
Results and discussion
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- not sensitising
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