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EC number: 226-540-9 | CAS number: 5421-46-5
- 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
Carcinogenicity
Administrative data
Description of key information
No data is available on the carcinogenic potential of ATG by the oral and inhalation routes.
In a non-standard study by dermal route, sodium mercaptoacetate was administered to mice as 0, 1.0 and 2.0% solutions, until all animals died. Differences in the life span and the incidence of neoplasms between experimental and negative control mice were not statistically significant.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Carcinogenicity: via oral route
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- no study available
Carcinogenicity: via inhalation route
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- no study available
Carcinogenicity: via dermal route
Link to relevant study records
- Endpoint:
- carcinogenicity: dermal
- Type of information:
- read-across based on grouping of substances (category approach)
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Justification for type of information:
- see justification in cross-reference
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- read-across: supporting information
- Key result
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- Effect level:
- 1 mg/kg bw/day
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Sex:
- male/female
- Remarks on result:
- not determinable due to absence of adverse toxic effects
- Conclusions:
- By analogy to NaTG, ATG is considered to be non-carcinogenic via the dermal route.
Reference
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- no adverse effect observed
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- 13.3 mg/kg bw/day
- Study duration:
- chronic
- Species:
- mouse
Justification for classification or non-classification
According to the available carcinogenicity data, no classification is warranted for mercaptoacetic acid and its salts.
Additional information
No carcinogenicity data is available on mercaptoacetic acid and its salts by the inhalation or oral routes. The information on the carcinogenicity potential of mercaptoacetic acid and its salts is limited to a study in mice by chronic cutaneous application of sodium mercaptoacetate.
The carcinogenicity of sodium mercaptoacetate was evaluated using 94 Swiss female mice (7 weeks old) from the Eppley colony. 0.02 ml of a 1.0 and 2.0 % solutions of sodium mercaptoacetate in acetone (equivalent to dose levels of 6.6 and 13.3 mg/kg bw) were applied twice per week to the shaved skin (interscapular region) of each of the 49 or 45 mice, respectively. Ninety-three mice served as negative controls. Positive control groups, 40 mice, were treated with 7,12-dimethylbenz-[a]-anthracene. None of the experimental or control mice survived beyond week 120 of treatment. Infectious diseases, such as pneumonia and hepatitis, occurred in a small number of animals, resulting in an increased number of deaths. Large numbers of neoplasms were observed in treated and negative control mice: lymphomas, pulmonary adenomas, hepatic hemangiomas, ovarian neoplasms, and dermal fibromas. Epidermal neoplasms were not observed. Differences in the incidence of neoplasms between experimental and negative control mice were not statistically significant. No significant decrease in the life span of mice in experimental groups was observed. The authors concluded that sodium mercaptoacetate was not carcinogenic (Stenback et al., 1977).
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