*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FL0700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cesium(I) nitrate (1:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7789-18-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : N-O3.Cs
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 194.92
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CS  N-O3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Nitric acid, cesium salt
 
                       *** 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           : 2390 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VAMNAQ Vestnik Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR.  Journal of the Academy of
   Medical Sciences of the USSR.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow,
   USSR)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: (8),10,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHOAX Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.  (Chicago,
   IL)  V.1-2(3), 1950.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,637,1950
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   VAMNAQ Vestnik Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR.  Journal of the Academy of
   Medical Sciences of the USSR.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow,
   USSR)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: (8),10,1978
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 77,109,1980

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4166
       No. of Facilities: 10 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 1572 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 297 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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