Synonyms
Fats and Glyceridic oils, vegetable; Oils, vegetable; Vegetable oil mists; Vegetable oil mist; Vegetable oil mist, respirable fraction; Vegetable oil mist, total dust; Vegetable oil mists, except castor, cashew nut, or similar irritant oils; Vegetable oil [Oil, edible]; Plant Oils; Edible vegetable oil; Salad oil; Viscoleo oil; [ChemIDplus] Choclin; Coberine; Oils, salad; Prifat 9834; Synertrol oil; Trisum HS 350; Trisum HS 500; Vegetable fats; Vegetaline; [RTECS] Evening Primrose Oil; Primrose oil with fatty acids; [Jeen MSDS]
Sources/Uses
"Oils derived from plants or plant products." [ChemIDplus] Used in shortenings, salad dressings, margarine, soaps, rubber softeners, dietary supplements, pesticide carriers, drugs, cosmetics, animal feeds, and tin and tin-lead plating, as drying oil (i.e. paints, coatings, inks, caulks, and core oils), as chemical intermediate for fatty acids, soaps, lubricants, plastics, plastic chemicals (especially plasticizers), rubber-like compounds, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals; [HSDB]
Comments
Intravenous LD50 (rabbit) = 840 mg/kg; [RTECS] Mist causes skin, eye, and respiratory tract irritation and lachrymation; [NIOSH]
PEL (OSHA)
15 mg/m3, total dust (mist), 5 mg/m3, respirable fraction (mist)