The Organic Dyes and Pigments Data Base

United States Industrial Environmental
Environmental Protection Research Laboratory

Agency Cincinnati OH 45268 /2&0Pz 7

Research and Development EPA-600/S2-84-032 May 1984

Project Summary

'OLLUTION PREVENTION PAYS PROGRAM

The Organic Dyes and Pigments3partment of Natural Resources & Community Developmed

P.0. BOX 27687 Data Base

RALEIGH, N. C. 27611-7687

L. Swett, A. Twhigg, a n d K.E. McCaleb

This report summarized herein describes separate report of the same title (see
the work done o n a project t o es- Project Report ordering information at
tablish an Organic Dyes and Pigments back).
Data Base (ODPDB) as an extension o f
the Organic Chemical Producers Data Introduction
Base (OCPDB)which has beenmaintained
by the EPA since 1976. The Organic Dyes and Pigments Data
Base (ODPDB) was designed to be a
The ODPDB was conceived o f as the specialized extension of the Organic
first of a series of supplements t o the Chemical Producers Data Base (OCPDB),
OCPDB t o be focused on various focusing exhaustively on a specific use
sectors of the chemical industry. area within the chemical industry. The
Specifications for the data elements OCPDB was originally intended as a
and formatting closely follow the catalog of large-volume industria I chem-
revised OCPDB specifications established icals; it was initiated in 1976 using a list of
in 1980, w i t h m i n o r modifications 380 chemicals and was revised and
reflecting the nature of the entries. expanded in 1980 to include petrochem-
ical feedstocks, priority pollutant chemi-
Over 1,400 chemical products are cals, and other large-volume products.
included in the ODPDB, representing The ODPDB represents an emphasis
virtually all synthetic organic dyes and distinct from the existing OCPDB since it
pigments produced or imported in the is an attempt at a comprehensive catalog
U.S. at economically significant levels. of one specific industry area rather than a
The data base was developed from nine cross-industry comparison of a small
subcategories containing structurally number of important individual products.
related groupings of 75-400 chemicals The ODPDB contains an enormous
each. Sources for the data collected number of product entries, since a much
include various on-line data banks, lower minimum volume was employed as
a basic criterion than in the OCPDB. This
government statistical and research effect was coupled with a decrease in the
publications, standard industry hand- average amount of data per product entry,
books, and the expertise o f the staff in since many of the products are obscure
several ongoing SRI programs. and the particular industry is highly pro-
prietary. Data elements which were
The entry format was designed t o be sought, but for which information was
seldom or never found, included use
compatible with t h e System 20000 volume and percent consumption, Thres-
hold Limit Values, Sax Ratings, plant
data base management system imple- capacities, and Wiswesser Line Notations.
mented in 1979and currently in use for
the revised OCPDB. When placed on Discussion and Procedure
System 2000, retrieval o f data will be
possible in the same manner as with the Although the intent in preparing the
revised OCPDB, using a variety of "key" ODPDB was t o adhere as closely as
data elements t o correlate the data possible to the model of the revised
needed. OCPDB, certain modifications became

ThisProject Summary was developed

by EPA 's Industrial Environmental

Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH,
to announce key findings of the research
project that is fully documented in a

necessary as a result of the specialized were added to the toxicity data compiled chemical structure and/or process route
nature of the data. Table 1 lists the data from the NIOSHRegistry of Toxic Effects were unknown or proprietary.
elements included in the ODPDB. of Chemical Substances (RTECS) on-line
system. Because data on imported dyes Products were grouped in structurally
Table I . Data Elements in the ODPDB and pigments cannot be accommodated in similar classes following the Colour
the ODPDB format, the data on volume of Index system of organization, and these
Entrv I.0. imports were supplied ina table appended structural classes were then arranged in
to the Project Report. the nine subtasks shown inTable 2.(Note
Chemical Related Data that these subclasses were used only as
ODPDB Product Name The criteria for inclusion of chemicals an aid in data collecting and are not
CAS Number in the ODPDB were established in specifically indicated in the ODPDB). Five
New Chemical Marker accordance with the United States digit entry ID numbers were then assigned
Priority Pollutant Marker International Trade Commission (USITC) to the products alphabetically within the
Wiswesser Line Notation definition of minimum commercially subtasks and consecutively from one
Process I.0. significant production as given i n the subtask to the next. A n exception to the
Process Description publication Synthetic Organic Chemicals, structural groupings was made in the
Process IPPEU Number case of the benzidine-based dyes and
Use Description U.S. Production and Sales: 5,000pounds pigments, which technically belong in
Use Volume Subtask 4; because of particular interest
Use by % Consumption annual production for dyes, 1.000 pounds due to their carcinogenic hazard status
Synonym for pigments. Candidates for inclusion in and the resulting higher degree of
Emission Description the ODPDB had to meet this standard in documentation, this subclass was con-
either 1978 or 1979 and the same cut-off sidered separately as Subtask 1. As the
Toxicity Data levels were applied to imported products. ODPDB was designed to be completely
NIOSH Registry Number Only products identified with Colour compatible w i t h the revised OCPDB,
LOSOMode Index (C.I.) names were included, since information on data structure and access-
L D ~ SQpecies compilation of any data other than ing have not been provided herein, the
LDso Amount imports volume required this item of report entitled "The Revised Organic
LOsoUnits information. Some of these products did Chemical Producers Data Base System,"
LOLOMode not have C.I. numbers or process descrip- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
LDLOSpecies tions; however, these products are September 1980, EPA-60012-80-164,
LDLOAmount included i n the data base since it was should be consulted.
LDLOUnits found that a large amount of information
TDLOMode on a product could be derived even if the
TDLOSpecies
TDLOAmount Table2. Subtasks of the Organic Dyes and Pigments Data Base Number of
TDLOUnits Colorants
AQTX Subtask Structural Class
TLV Number 69
TLV Units Benzidine and Its Congeners 383
Sax Rating 1 Monazo 200
2 Anthraquinone
Economic Data Disazo, Trisazo. Polyazo, and 337
Year 3
Production Volume 4 Unspecified Azo 95
Unit Cost Stilbene and Azoic
Sales 5 Triarylmethane. Diphenylmethane, 94
6 and Xanthene
Producer Related Data Acridine, Quinoline. Thiazole, Methine. 86
Plant ID 7 Azine, Oxazine, Thiazine, Nitroso. and Nitro
Plant Capacity Sulfur, Aminoketone. lndigoid and 83
Production Range 8 Phthalocyanine 87
Company Name Undisclosed (Proprietary) Structure 1434
City 9
State
State Code
River Basin Name
River Basin Code
Parent Company

These modifications primarily consisted
of altering the field lengths of some of the
data elements, abandoning certain
elements for which information on dyes
and pigments was unobtainable, and, in a
few cases, substituting other elements
which seemed particularly applicable. In
the latter category, nonconfidential
production ranges for individual plants of
manufacturers were included from EPA's
Chemicals in. C o m m e r c e Information
System (CICIS), and non-lethal toxicity
and carcinogenicity test results (TDLo)

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L. Swett, A. Twhigg, and K. E. McCaleb are w i t h SRIlnternational, Menlo Park, CA
94205.

David Oestreich (through 7 98 1 ) and Mark Stutsman are the EPA Project Officers
(see below).

The complete report, entitled “The Organic Dyes and Pigments Data Base,” (Order

No. PB 8 4 - 1 4 8980; Cost: $10.00,subject to change) w i l l b e available only from:

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