Registration Dossier

Diss Factsheets

Administrative data

Description of key information

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Acute toxicity: via oral route

Link to relevant study records
Reference
Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Principles of method if other than guideline:
No details on method available
GLP compliance:
not specified
Test type:
acute toxic class method
Species:
rat
Strain:
not specified
Sex:
not specified
Route of administration:
oral: unspecified
Sex:
not specified
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
2 440 mg/kg bw
Endpoint conclusion
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Value:
2 440 mg/kg bw

Additional information

Justification for classification or non-classification

For the target substance only one value for acute oral toxicity has been reported. In analogy to other isomeric nitroxylenes it can be predicted that the 2 -nitro-p-xylene has a low toxicity. From the datas available it can not be excluded, that the substance could cause cyanosis, like many other nitroaromatic compounds do. Therefore a precautionary classification as harmful in all three application routes seems to be justified.