*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : GL8050000
CHEMICAL NAME : Copper(I) oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1317-39-1
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 39
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Cu2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 143.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : CU2 O
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Brown copper oxide
* Caocobre
* C.I. 77402
* Copox
* Copper nordox
* Copper oxide
* Copper(1+) oxide
* Copper-sandoz
* Copper suboxide
* Cupper oxide
* Cupramar
* Cuprous oxide
* Dicopper monoxide
* Fungimar
* Fungi-rhap Cu-75
* Kupferoxydul
* Kuprite
* Nordox
* Oleocuivre
* Oleo nordox
* Oxyde cuivreux
* Perenox
* Red copper oxide
* Yellow cuprocide
*** 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 : 470 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
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 380 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
CUTOEX Current Toxicology. (Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 6080 Jericho
Turnpike, Suite 207, Commack, NY 11725) V.1 1993-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,39,1993
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/m3/24H/14W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
Blood - other changes
Blood - changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 41(6),8,1976
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 11 ug/m3/24H
SEX/DURATION : male 14 week(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - male fertility index (e.g. # males impregnating
females per # males exposed to fertile nonpregnant females)
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 41(6),8,1976
*** REVIEWS ***
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series,"
Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77
Volume(issue)/page/year: Cu,56,1977
*** 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
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 2 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 0.4 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 02 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1.0 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.5 ppm (1 mg(Cu)/m3) (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (resp. dust) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 81679
No. of Facilities: 508 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 7
No. of Occupations: 14
No. of Employees: 9387 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 81679
No. of Facilities: 1612 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 10
No. of Occupations: 18
No. of Employees: 14420 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 815 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
*** END OF RECORD ***