Monday, June 07, 2010

Does Oil Dispersant Corexit® 9527 Cause Genetic Mutations in Microorganisms?

I'm still trying to find a direct link to this citation that appears to indicate that Corexit® 9527 causes mutations in organisms, but I have not been able to access the record from a search. However, the webpage of the cited page resides on the hazard.com website. If someone is able to access this record through a search on the hazard.com, then please comment about how to do it. If I had not seen this link posted elsewhere, then I would have not known that this page existed.


*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***


RTECS NUMBER : GM2750000

CHEMICAL NAME : Corexit 9527

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 60617-06-3

LAST UPDATED : 199710

DATA ITEMS CITED : 2

COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen


*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***


** MUTATION DATA **


TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms

TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified

DOSE/DURATION : 24300 uL/L

REFERENCE :

HEREAY Hereditas (Lund, Sweden). (Gjoerloffsgatan 121, S-261 34 Landskrona,

Sweden) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year: 104,317,1986


*** STATUS IN U.S. ***


EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JULY 2000


*** END OF RECORD ***

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