*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VW3675000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Silver, colloidal
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 9007-35-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 16
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Ag
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 107.87
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  AG
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Argentum crede
   * Collargol
   * Colloidal silver
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPPMAB Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.  (Pharmaceutical Soc. of Great
   Britain, 1 Lambeth High St., London SEI 7JN, UK)  V.1-    1949-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,20,1950
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 49 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
   Blood - changes in spleen
REFERENCE :
   ZGEMAZ Zeitschrift fuer die Gesamte Experimentelle Medizin.  (Berlin, Fed.
   Rep. Ger.)  V.1-139, 1913-65.  For publisher information, see REXMAS.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 52,33,1926
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 97938 ug/kg/9D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - chronic pulmonary edema
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   JEMEAV Journal of Experimental Medicine.  (Rockefeller Univ. Press, 1230
   York Ave., New York, NY 10021)  V.1-    1896-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   53,413,1931

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,231,1971

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Ag)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***