Agent Name
Tall-oil rosin
Major Category
Biological Agents
Synonyms
Tall oil rosin; [ChemIDplus] COLOFONIA; Colophony; Kolophonium; ROSIN; Rosin; Resine, Tall Oil; Tallharz; Mantyhartsi; Talloljaharts; OULU 331; [IUCLID] Synonyms for Resin acids are Rosin, Colophony, Gum rosin, Tall oil rosin, Wood rosin, Rosin core thermal decomposition products, and Yellow resin; [ACGIH 2020]
Category
Rosin and Derivatives
Description
Solid; [IUCLID]
Sources/Uses
Used in the chemical and paper-pulp-board industries, as an adhesive, binding agent, and intermediate; [IUCLID] Permitted for use as an inert ingredient in non-food pesticide products; [EPA]
Comments
Tall oil rosin is recovered from pine wood kraft pulping. [ACGIH] "A complex combination derived from tall oil. Composed primarily of tricyclic monocarboxylic acids, mainly abietic and dehydroabietic acids. Includes tall-oil rosin stabilized by catalytic disproportionation." [ChemIDplus] May cause skin sensitization; [IUCLID] See "Colophony." See "Tall oil fatty acids" and "Tall oil."
TLV (ACGIH)
0.001 mg/m3, as total resin acids, inhalable particulate matter
Diseases
Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent:
Processes
Industrial Processes with risk of exposure: