*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : NO5600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Iron(2+) chloride, tetrahydrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13478-10-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl2-Fe.4H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 198.83
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  FE  G2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ferrous chloride, tetrahydrate
   * Iron chloride tetrahydrate
   * Iron (II) chloride, tetrahydrate
   * Iron dichloride tetrahydrate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Rectal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 498 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement.  (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
   Ger.)  V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 93 mg/kg
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: 244,17,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 890 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement.  (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
   Ger.)  V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 189 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement.  (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
   Ger.)  V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Rectal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 984 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement.  (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
   Ger.)  V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/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:
   3,138,1971

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3;STEL 2 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6271
       No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 1445 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 230 (estimated)

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***