*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EW0700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Calcium cyanide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 592-01-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3926685
REFERENCE               : 3-02-00-00061 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-Ca-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 92.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CA  CN2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Calcid
   * Calcium cyanide
   * Calcyan
   * Calcyanide
   * Cyanogas
   * Cyanure de calcium
   * RCRA waste number P021
 
                       *** 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           : 39 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,470,1969

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-CL 5 mg(Cn)/m3 (skin)
   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 ***
 
   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

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO CYANIDE-air:CL 4.7 ppm(CN)/10M
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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M2865
       No. of Facilities: 287 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 12607 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M2865
       No. of Facilities: 242 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 3606 (estimated)

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

 
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