*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GL7900000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Copper oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1317-38-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cu-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 79.54
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Black copper oxide
   * C.I. 77403
   * C.I. Pigment Black 15
   * Copper Brown
   * Copper(II) oxide
   * Copper monooxide
   * Copper monoxide
   * Copper(2+) oxide
   * Cupric oxide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intratracheal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 278 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,47,1969

                    *** 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 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81787
       No. of Facilities: 378 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 15
       No. of Occupations: 27
       No. of Employees: 13362 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81787
       No. of Facilities: 1104 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 33
       No. of Employees: 17248 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 4024 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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