*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WZ6535000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Terphenyls, hydrogenated
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 61788-32-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 18
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Hydrogenated terphenyls
 
                       *** 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           : 17500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   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:
   4,220,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 12500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   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:
   4,220,1980

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 4.9 mg/m3 (0.5 ppm)
   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

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.5 ppm (5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.5 ppm (4.9 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.4 ppm (4.4 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.5 ppm (5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.5 ppm (5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 ppm (5 mg/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 HYDROGENATED TERPHENYLS-air:10H TWA 0.5 ppm
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 - M4385
       No. of Facilities: 250 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 7
       No. of Employees: 2105 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4385
       No. of Facilities: 1281 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 28
       No. of Employees: 35036 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 7571 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-8868;8EHQ-0892-9296
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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