*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : ZH4900000
CHEMICAL NAME : Zinc phosphide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1314-84-7
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 39342-49-9
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 22
MOLECULAR FORMULA : P2-Zn3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 258.05
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZN3 P2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Blue-OX
* Gopha-rid
* Kilrat
* Mous-Con
* Phosphure de zinc
* Phosvin
* RCRA waste number P122
* Rumetan
* Trizinc diphosphide
* Zinco(fosfuro di)
* Zinc(phosphure de)
* Zinc-Tox
* Zinkfosfide
* Zinkphosphid
* ZP
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human - woman
DOSE/DURATION : 80 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
REFERENCE :
ZACCAL Zacchia. Archivio di Medicina Legale, Sociale e Criminologica.
Zacchia. Archives of Forensic, Social and Criminological Medicine. (Viale
Regina Elena 336, Rome 00161, Italy) V.1-13, 1921-34; V.1- 1937-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,144,1948
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AJPEAG American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. (New
York, NY) V.18-60, 1928-70. For publisher information, see AJHEAA.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,1427,1946
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 12 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Gastrointestinal - other changes
REFERENCE :
MAGJAL Malaysian Agricultural Journal. (Ministry of Agriculture, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia) V.45- 1965- Volume(issue)/page/year: 52(2),166,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 450 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and
Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
Volume(issue)/page/year: 31(9),24,1987
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 45 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
YKYUA6 Yakkyoku. Pharmacy. (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
Japan) V.1- 1950- Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,397,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
YKYUA6 Yakkyoku. Pharmacy. (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
Japan) V.1- 1950- Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,1247,1980
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 263 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and
Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
Volume(issue)/page/year: 31(9),24,1987
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
YKYUA6 Yakkyoku. Pharmacy. (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
Japan) V.1- 1950- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,189,1976
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
YKYUA6 Yakkyoku. Pharmacy. (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
Japan) V.1- 1950- Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,329,1977
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
JAPMA8 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific
Edition. (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60. For publisher information, see
JPMSAE. Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,468,1952
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85JFAN "Agrochemicals Handbook," with updates, Hartley, D., and H. Kidd,
eds., Nottingham, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, 1983-86 Volume(issue)/page/year:
A421,1984
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Bird - quail
DOSE/DURATION : 13500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85JFAN "Agrochemicals Handbook," with updates, Hartley, D., and H. Kidd,
eds., Nottingham, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, 1983-86 Volume(issue)/page/year:
A421,1984
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Bird - duck
DOSE/DURATION : 37500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85JFAN "Agrochemicals Handbook," with updates, Hartley, D., and H. Kidd,
eds., Nottingham, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, 1983-86 Volume(issue)/page/year:
A421,1984
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - domestic
DOSE/DURATION : 60 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
PEMNDP Pesticide Manual. (The British Crop Protection Council, 20 Bridport
Rd., Thornton Heath CR4 7QG, UK) V.1- 1968- Volume(issue)/page/year:
9,865,1991
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION : 23700 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
(Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
070944) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,355,1983
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 910 mg/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - food intake (animal)
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
IJEBA6 Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. (Publications & Information
Directorate, CSIR, Hillside Rd., New Delhi 110 012, India) V.1- 1963-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,854,1980
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/m3/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Cardiac - pulse rate increase, without fall in BP
Blood - pigmented or nucleated red blood cells
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and
Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
Volume(issue)/page/year: 31(9),24,1987
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year:
54,7740,1989
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X2920
No. of Facilities: 275 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 3
No. of Occupations: 3
No. of Employees: 3862 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 48 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
On EPA IRIS database
*** END OF RECORD ***