*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EB2700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Bismuth chloride oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7787-59-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Bi-Cl-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 260.43
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  BI  O G
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * BIJU
   * Bismuth oxychloride
   * Mearlite
 
                       *** 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           : 22 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,543,1975

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82927
       No. of Facilities: 153 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 8
       No. of Employees: 4832 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82927
       No. of Facilities: 1374 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 7
       No. of Employees: 16115 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6096 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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