*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZG8600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Zinc
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7440-66-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 24
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Zn
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 65.37
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Human
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Blue powder
   * Granular zinc
   * LS 2
   * LS 6
   * Merrillite
   * Rheinzink
   * Zinc dust
   * Zinc powder
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 ug/3D (Intermittent)
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   85DKA8 "Cutaneous Toxicity, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference, 1976," Drill,
   V.A., and P. Lazar, eds., New York, Academic Press, Inc. 1977
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,127,1977
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 124 mg/m3/50M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cough
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Skin and Appendages - sweating
REFERENCE :
   AHYGAJ Archiv fuer Hygiene.  (Munich, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-100, 1883-1928.
   For publisher information, see ZHPMAT.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 72,358,1910

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   QURBAW Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics.  (Cambridge Univ. Press, The
   Edinburgh Bldg., Shaftesbury Rd., Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK)  V.1-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,75,1974

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ADTEAS Advances in Teratology.  (New York, NY)  V.1-5, 1966-72.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,51,1972

   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
   KOTTAM Kogai to Taisaku.  Journal of Environmental Pollution Control. (Kogai
   Taisaku Gijutsu Dokokai, Shuwa-Akasaka Bldg., 9-1-244, Akasaka, Minato-ku,
   Tokyo 107, Japan)  V.1-    1965-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1300,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   AMTODM Advances in Modern Toxicology.  (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third
   Ave., New York, NY 10016) V.1, 1976-79.  Discontinued.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,209,1977

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T0146
       No. of Facilities: 44 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 324 (estimated)
   
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 77115
       No. of Facilities: 9450 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 120
       No. of Occupations: 90
       No. of Employees: 118548 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4242
       No. of Facilities: 3278 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 46
       No. of Occupations: 47
       No. of Employees: 79920 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 7874 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5913
       No. of Facilities: 22 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 269 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 22 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5990
       No. of Facilities: 42 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 1007 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 321 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5991
       No. of Facilities: 177 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 18
       No. of Employees: 10589 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 3273 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 77115
       No. of Facilities: 23711 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 211
       No. of Occupations: 133
       No. of Employees: 320917 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 34194 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   ATSDR TOXICOLOGY PROFILE
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: PB/90/171414/AS

   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: In vivo cytogenetics-human
   lymphocyte
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   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: Zinc and compounds as Zn, 7030
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Elements in blood or tissue, 8005
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Metals in urine, 8310

 
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