*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WA9625000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sodium fluoaluminate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 15096-52-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 28
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Al-F6.3Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 209.95
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  NA3 AL-F6
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aluminum sodium fluoride
   * Cryolite
   * ENT 24,984
   * Koyoside
   * Kryocide
   * Kryolith
   * Natriumaluminiumfluorid
   * Natriumhexafluoroaluminate
   * Sodium aluminofluoride
   * Sodium aluminum fluoride
   * Sodium fluoroaluminate
   * Sodium hexafluoroaluminate
   * Trisodium hexafluoroaluminate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   BAYER* (Bayer. AG, Institute fur Toxikologie, Wuppertal, Germany)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: #15722,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 9 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology.  (Cambridge, MA)
   V.18-31, 1936-49.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,92,1948
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/kg/6H/22W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
   Musculoskeletal - other changes
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - true cholinesterase
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24(1),15,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 34260 ug/m3/6H/21W (Intermittent)
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 37(1),9,1972

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 2 mg(Al)/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

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   IECHAD Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.  (Washington, DC)  V.15-62,
   1923-70.  For publisher information, see CHMTBL.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   26,791,1934

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO FLUORIDES, INORGANIC-air:10H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 20810
       No. of Facilities: 191 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 11
       No. of Occupations: 24
       No. of Employees: 6181 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1570
       No. of Facilities: 27 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 532 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 20810
       No. of Facilities: 7231 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 97
       No. of Occupations: 61
       No. of Employees: 138048 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2712 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***