Table 2.

TOXICITY CATEGORIES ACCORDING TO EPA 712-C-98-189*

Study Category I Category II Category III Category IV

Acute Oral Up to and >50 through >500 through >5000mg/kg

including 500mg/kg 5000mg/kg
50mg/kg.

Acute Up to and >200 through >2000 through >5000mg/kg

Dermal including 2000mg/kg 5000mg/kg
200mg/kg.

Acute Up to and >0.05 through >0.5 through >2mg/liter

Inhalation including 0.5mg/liter 2mg/liter
0.05mg/liter.

Eye Corrosive Corneal Corneal Minimal effects

Irritation (irreversible involvement or involvement or clearing in less
destruction of irritation irritation than 24hours.
ocular tissue) or clearing in 8- clearing in
corneal 12days 7days or less.
involvement or
irritation
persisting for
more than
21days

Skin Corrosive Severe irritation Moderate Mild or slight

Irritation (tissue at 72hours irritation at irritation (no
destruction into (severe 72hours irritation or
the dermis erythema or (moderate slight erythema)
and/or scarring) edema) erythema)

*EPA. 1998. Health Effects Test Guidelines. OPPTS 870.1000. Acute Toxicity Testing –
Background. EPA 712-C-98-189. page 6.