Ammonium methacrylate (CASRN 16325-47-6)
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Ammonium methacrylate; CASRN 16325-47-6
Health assessment information on a chemical substance is included in IRIS
only after a comprehensive review of chronic toxicity data by U.S. EPA
health scientists from several Program Offices and the Office of Research
and Development. The summaries presented in Sections I and II represent
a consensus reached in the review process. Background information and
explanations of the methods used to derive the values given in IRIS are
provided in the Background Documents.
STATUS OF DATA FOR Ammonium methacrylate
File First On-Line 03/01/1991
Category (section) |
Status |
Last Revised |
---|---|---|
Oral RfD Assessment (I.A.) | no data | |
Inhalation RfC Assessment (I.B.) | no data | |
Carcinogenicity Assessment (II.) | on-line | 03/01/1991* |
*A comprehensive review of toxicological studies was completed (May 22, 2006) - please see section II.D.2. for more information.
_I. Chronic Health Hazard Assessments for Noncarcinogenic Effects
_I.A. Reference Dose for Chronic Oral Exposure (RfD)
Substance Name — Ammonium methacrylate
CASRN — 16325-47-6
Not available at this time.
_I.B. Reference Concentration for Chronic Inhalation Exposure (RfC)
Substance Name — Ammonium methacrylate
CASRN — 16325-47-6
Not available at this time.
_II. Carcinogenicity Assessment for Lifetime Exposure
Substance Name — Ammonium methacrylate
CASRN — 16325-47-6
Last Revised — 03/01/1991
Section II provides information on three aspects of the carcinogenic assessment for the substance in question; the weight-of-evidence judgment of the likelihood that the substance is a human carcinogen, and quantitative estimates of risk from oral exposure and from inhalation exposure. The quantitative risk estimates are presented in three ways. The slope factor is the result of application of a low-dose extrapolation procedure and is presented as the risk per (mg/kg)/day. The unit risk is the quantitative estimate in terms of either risk per ug/L drinking water or risk per ug/cu.m air breathed. The third form in which risk is presented is a drinking water or air concentration providing cancer risks of 1 in 10,000, 1 in 100,000 or 1 in 1,000,000. The rationale and methods used to develop the carcinogenicity information in IRIS are described in The Risk Assessment Guidelines of 1986 (EPA/600/8-87/045) and in the IRIS Background Document. IRIS summaries developed since the publication of EPA's more recent Proposed Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment also utilize those Guidelines where indicated (Federal Register 61(79):17960-18011, April 23, 1996). Users are referred to Section I of this IRIS file for information on long-term toxic effects other than carcinogenicity.
_II.A. Evidence for Human Carcinogenicity
__II.A.1. Weight-of-Evidence Characterization
Classification — D; not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity
Basis — No human data and no animal data.
__II.A.2. Human Carcinogenicity Data
None.
__II.A.3. Animal Carcinogenicity Data
None.
__II.A.4. Supporting Data for Carcinogenicity
Methacrylic acid, a dissociation product of ammonium methacrylate, was positive in a DNA-cell binding assay (Kubinski et al., 1981), but was not mutagenic in a reverse mutation assay using Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98, TA100, TA1535 and TA1537 (Haworth et al., 1983).
_II.B. Quantitative Estimate of Carcinogenic Risk from Oral Exposure
None.
_II.C. Quantitative Estimate of Carcinogenic Risk from Inhalation Exposure
None.
_II.D. EPA Documentation, Review, and Contacts (Carcinogenicity Assessment)
__II.D.1. EPA Documentation
Source Document — This assessment is not presented in any existing U.S. EPA document.
__II.D.2. EPA Review (Carcinogenicity Assessment)
Agency Work Group Review — 11/07/1990
Verification Date — 11/07/1990
A comprehensive review of toxicological studies published through May 2006 was conducted. No new health effects data were identified that would be directly useful in the revision of the existing carcinogenicity assessment for Ammonium methacrylate and a change in the assessment is not warranted at this time. For more information, IRIS users may contact the IRIS Hotline at hotline.iris@epa.gov or (202)566-1676.
__II.D.3. EPA Contacts (Carcinogenicity Assessment)
Please contact the IRIS Hotline for all questions concerning this assessment or IRIS, in general, at (202)566-1676 (phone), (202)566-1749 (FAX) or hotline.iris@epa.gov (internet address).
_III.
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_IV. [reserved]
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_VI. Bibliography
Substance Name — Ammonium methacrylate
CASRN — 16325-47-6
Last Revised — 03/01/1991
_VI.A. Oral RfD References
None
_VI.B. Inhalation RfC References
None
_VI.C. Carcinogenicity Assessment References
Haworth, S., T. Lawlor, K. Mortelmans, W. Speck and E. Zeiger. 1983. Salmonella mutagenicity test results for 250 chemicals. Environ. Mutagen. Suppl. 1: 3-6, 12-13, 108.
Kubinski, H., G.E. Gutzke and Z.O. Kubinski. 1981. DNA-cell binding (DCB) assay for suspected carcinogens and mutagens. Mutat. Res. 89: 95-136.
_VII. Revision History
Substance Name — Ammonium methacrylate
CASRN — 16325-47-6
Date |
Section |
Description |
---|---|---|
03/01/1991 | II. | Carcinogenicity assessment on-line |
03/01/1991 | VI. | Bibliography on-line |
01/01/1992 | IV. | Regulatory Action section on-line |
04/01/1997 | III., IV., V. | Drinking Water Health Advisories, EPA Regulatory Actions, and Supplementary Data were removed from IRIS on or before April 1997. IRIS users were directed to the appropriate EPA Program Offices for this information. |
12/03/2002 | II.D.2. | Screening-Level Literature Review Findings message has been added. |
07/05/2006 | II.D.2. | Screening-Level Literature Review Findings message has been removed and replaced by comprehensive literature review conclusions. |
_VIII. Synonyms
Substance Name — Ammonium methacrylate
CASRN — 16325-47-6
Last Revised — 03/01/1991
- 16325-47-6
- 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, ammonium salt
- Ammonium methacrylate
- Ammonium 2-methyl-2-propenoate
- Methacrylic acid, ammonium salt
- 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, ammonium salt