*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : CC4025000
CHEMICAL NAME : Antimony
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7440-36-0
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 43
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Sb
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 121.75
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SB
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Antimony
* Antimony Black
* Antimony, regulus
* Antymon
* C.I. 77050
* Stibium
*** 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 : 7 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,22,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 90 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,22,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg/m3/7H/52W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
JTEHD6 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. (Hemisphere Pub.,
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1975/76-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,607,1986
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.5 mg/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
FOREAE Food Research. (Champaign, IL) V.1-25, 1936-60. For publisher
information, see JFDSAZ. Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,313,1942
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
PTPAD4 Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Part A: Chemotherapy, Toxicology and
Metabolic Inhibitors. (Oxford, UK) V.1-2, 1976-78. For publisher
information, see PHTHDT. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,157,1976
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.5 mg/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: 3,14,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 0.5 mg(Sb)/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-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:.TWA (0.5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;STEL 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 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 ANTIMONY-air:10H TWA 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 - 07310
No. of Facilities: 2043 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 21
No. of Occupations: 26
No. of Employees: 15083 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X9115
No. of Facilities: 30 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 3
No. of Employees: 359 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 07310
No. of Facilities: 21458 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 143
No. of Occupations: 99
No. of Employees: 383579 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 139736 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA 8(a) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, FINAL RULE
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year:
47,26992,82
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
On EPA IRIS database
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Elements in blood or tissue, 8005
OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #ID-125G
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