*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : WY2950000
CHEMICAL NAME : Tellurium, tetrakis(diethyldithiocarbamato)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 20941-65-5
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 12367-49-6
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 23
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C20-H40-N4-S8.Te
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 720.72
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SUYS&N2&2 4 &-TE-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Tumorigen
Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Carbamodithioic acid, diethyl-, tetrakis(anhydrosulfide) with
thiotelluric acid
* Diethyldithio carbamic acid tellurium salt
* Ethyl tellurac
* NCI-C02857
* Nocceler TTTE
* Tellurac
* Tellurium diethyldithiocarbamate
* Tellurium, tetrakis(diethylcarbamodithioateo-S,S')-,
(DD-8-111''1''1'1'1'''1''')-
* Tetrakis(diethylcarbamodithioato-S,S')tellurium
* Tetrakis(diethyldithiocarbamato)tellurium
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 113 gm/kg/107W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - tumors
REFERENCE :
NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
(Bethesda, MD) No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-152,1979
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/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
IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate Evidence
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,115,1976
IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,115,1976
IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49
Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) No.1- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year:
7,56,1987
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3;STEL 0.3 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3;STEL 0.5 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/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 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X1791
No. of Facilities: 51 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 6
No. of Employees: 3762 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 1998 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive/limited: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
NCI Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);no evidence:mouse,rat
NCITR* National Cancer Institute Carcinogenesis Technical Report Series.
(Bethesda, MD) No.0-205. For publisher information, see NTPTR*.
Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-TR-152,79
*** END OF RECORD ***