ABSTRACT

EPA TSCA 8(E) NOTICE 8EHQ-0780-0369 AMERICAN CYANAMID PROVIDED RESULTS FROM SEVERAL SHORT TERM IN VIVO STUDIES ON ETHYLENBIS TRIS(2-CYANOETHYL) PHOSPHONIUM BROMIDE. SUBMISSION INDICATED THAT NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS WERE OBSERVED IN RATS FOLLOWING ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHEMICAL, EITHER AS PART OF THE DAILY DIET OR BY GAVAGE. HOWEVER, THE COMPOUND DID NOT APPEAR TO CAUSE NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS IN RATS FOLLOWING DERMAL APPLICATION.