*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DS4200000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Beryllium oxyfluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 63990-88-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 53
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Be-F2-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 79.01
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  BE  O-F
 
                       *** 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           : 146 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   XEURAQ U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, University of Rochester, Research and
   Development Reports. (Rochester, NY)  Volume(issue)/page/year: UR-154,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
   BJEPA5 British Journal of Experimental Pathology.  (Blackwell Scientific
   Pub. Ltd., POB 88, Oxford, UK)  V.1-    1920-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,375,1949
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
   BJEPA5 British Journal of Experimental Pathology.  (Blackwell Scientific
   Pub. Ltd., POB 88, Oxford, UK)  V.1-    1920-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,375,1949
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIHBAZ National Institutes of Health, Bulletin.  (Bethesda, MD)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 181,1,1943

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-SUSPECTED HUMAN CARCINOGEN
   85INA8 "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure
   Indices," 5th ed., Cincinnati, OH, American Conference of Governmental
   Industrial Hygienists, Inc., 1986  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,1/BEI,1997

   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/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

   ACGIH TLV-TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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

   ACGIH TLV-Suspected human carcinogen
   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

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/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 (Gen Indu):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 0.002 mg(Be)/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 (Construc):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 0.002 mg(Be)/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 (Shipyard):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 0.002 mg(Be)/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

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 0.002 mg(Be)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.001 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;STEL 0.006 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.001 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3;STEL 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.001 mg(Be)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.001 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1.8 ppm (1.5 mg(F)/m3);STEL 9.0 ppm JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3;STEL 0.005 mg(Be)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 BERYLLIUM-air:CA not to exceed 0.0005 mg(Be)/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

 
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