*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YR3400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Uraninite
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1317-99-3
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 1317-75-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 21
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O8-U3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 842.00
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .UR3..O8
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Nasturan
   * Pitchblende
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-60,
   1940-78.  For publisher information, see JJIND8.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1,241,1940

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/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:
   3,274,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.05 mg(U)/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 0.2 mg(U)/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 0.25 mg(U)/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 0.25 mg(U)/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 0.2 mg(U)/m3;STEL 0.6 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3;STEL 0.5 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.25 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.05 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.25 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.015 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.075 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.015 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.075 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.05 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3;STEL 0.6 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993

 
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