*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MD5070000
CHEMICAL NAME           : GOLD
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7440-57-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Au
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 196.97
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .AU
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Burnish gold
   * C.I. 77480
   * C.I. Pigment Metal 3
   * Colloidal gold
   * Gold flake
   * Gold leaf
   * Gold powder
   * Magnesium gold purple
   * Shell Gold
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 58 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   63,586,1960
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   NATWAY Naturwissenschaften.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1913-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,75,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 21 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   NATWAY Naturwissenschaften.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1913-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,75,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4730 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   NATWAY Naturwissenschaften.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1913-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,75,1955

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T0367
       No. of Facilities: 80 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 174 (estimated)
   
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 35455
       No. of Facilities: 1230 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 18
       No. of Occupations: 25
       No. of Employees: 9464 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X2971
       No. of Facilities: 3 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 6 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7506
       No. of Facilities: 225 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 10
       No. of Employees: 2626 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 108 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 35455
       No. of Facilities: 2595 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 27
       No. of Occupations: 39
       No. of Employees: 30128 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 5425 (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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