*** 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 *** END OF RECORD ***