*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : MX1225000
CHEMICAL NAME : Hydrogen sulfide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7783-06-4
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 50
MOLECULAR FORMULA : H2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 34.08
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : H2 S
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Reproductive Effector
Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Acide sulfhydrique
* Hydrogene sulfure
* Hydrogen sulfide
* Hydrogen sulfuric acid
* Idrogeno solforato
* RCRA waste number U135
* Schwefelwasserstoff
* Siarkowodor
* Stink DAMP
* Sulfureted hydrogen
* Sulfur hydride
* Zwavelwaterstof
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human
DOSE/DURATION : 600 ppm/30M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
29ZWAE "Practical Toxicology of Plastics," Lefaux, R., Cleveland, OH,
Chemical Rubber Co., 1968 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,207,1968
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION : 5700 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - coma
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - chronic pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
AMPMAR Archives des Maladies Professionnelles de Medecine du Travail et de
Securite Sociale. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.7- 1946-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 44,483,1983
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human
DOSE/DURATION : 800 ppm/5M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TABIA2 Tabulae Biologicae. (The Hague, Netherlands) V.1-22, 1925-63.
Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,231,1933
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 444 ppm
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume increased
REFERENCE :
LacHB# Personal Communication from H.B. Lackey, Chemical Products Div.,
Crown Zellerbach, Camas, WA 98607, June 9, 1978 Volume(issue)/page/year:
09JUN1978
TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 634 ppm/1H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AMRL** Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory Report. (Aerospace Technical
Div., Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433)
Volume(issue)/page/year: TR-72-62,1972
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION : 800 ppm/5M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
Pharmakologie. (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66. For publisher
information, see NSAPCC. Volume(issue)/page/year: 138,65,1928
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1200 mg/m3/2H/5D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - true cholinesterase
REFERENCE :
GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and
Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
Volume(issue)/page/year: 14(1),54,1970
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 100 ppm/8H/5W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - cytochrome oxidases (including oxidative phosphorylation)
REFERENCE :
TOXID9 Toxicologist. (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
Akron, OH 44311) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,270,1993
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 80 ppm/6H/90D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - changes in brain weight
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
TOXID9 Toxicologist. (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
Akron, OH 44311) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,63,1983
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 80 ppm/6H/90D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
TOXID9 Toxicologist. (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
Akron, OH 44311) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,63,1983
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 40 mg/m3/5H/30W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - conjunctive irritation
REFERENCE :
VEOFA6 Vestnik Oftal'mologii. (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, ul. B. Yakimanka, 39,
117049 Moscow, Russia) V.1-34, 1884-1917; New Series V.1- 1932-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 78(1),36,1965
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 20 ppm
SEX/DURATION : female 6-22 day(s) after conception
lactating female 21 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - physical
REFERENCE :
TIHEEC Toxicology and Industrial Health. (Princeton Scientific Pub. Co.,
POB 2155, Princeton, NJ 08540) V.1- 1985- Volume(issue)/page/year:
6,389,1990
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-STEL 21 mg/m3 (15 ppm)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997
ACGIH TLV-TWA 14 mg/m3 (10 ppm)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
CMTVAS Cahiers de Medecine du Travail. (Association Professionnelle Belge
des Medecine du Travail, rue du Bultia, 6280 Gerpinnes, Belgium) V.1- 1963-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 10(3),49,1973
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
JOCMA7 Journal of Occupational Medicine. (Chicago, IL) V.1-9, 1957-67.
For publisher information, see:JJOMDZ Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,431,1962
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
3,132,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):CL 20 ppm;Pk 50/10M
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1926.55,1994
OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1915.1000,1993
OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3)
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
41,50-204.50,1994
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 10 ppm (14 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 10 ppm (14 mg/m3);STEL 15 ppm (21 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 10 ppm (14 mg/m3);STEL 15 ppm (21 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3);STEL 15 ppm (20 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 5 ppm (7 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (14 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 10 mg/m3;STEL 20 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-JAPAN:TWA 10 ppm (14 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 10 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 10 ppm;STEL 10 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 10 ppm (14 mg/m3);STEL 15 ppm (20 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3);STEL 20 ppm (30 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:STEL 20 ppm JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 10 ppm (15 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 10 ppm (14 mg/m3);STEL 15 ppm (21 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE-air:CL 10 ppm/10M
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 38620
No. of Facilities: 745 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 17
No. of Occupations: 30
No. of Employees: 15422 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 38620
No. of Facilities: 1524 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 31
No. of Occupations: 77
No. of Employees: 94923 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 6515 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
On EPA IRIS database
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Hydrogen sulfide, 6013
OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #ID-141
*** END OF RECORD ***