*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OG4550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Lead sulfide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1314-87-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 27
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Pb-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 239.25
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  PB  S
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * C.I. 77640
   * Galena
   * Natural lead sulfide
   * Plumbous sulfide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1810 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
   INMEAF Industrial Medicine.  (Chicago, IL)  V.1-18, 1932-49.  For publisher
   information, see IOHSA5.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,15,1941
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - pigmented or nucleated red blood cells
REFERENCE :
   AHBAAM Archiv fuer Hygiene und Bakteriologie.  (Munich, Fed. Rep. Ger.)
   V.101-154, 1929-71.  For publisher information, see ZHPMAT.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 125,273,1941
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 16764 mg/kg/6W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Musculoskeletal - other changes
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - other Enzymes
REFERENCE :
   FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   33,109,1996

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3; animal carcinogen
   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
   85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series,"
   Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77
   Volume(issue)/page/year: Pb,254,1972

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.04 mg(Pb)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.005 ppm (0.01 mg(Pb)/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3 (resp. dust) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.2 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/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 LEAD, INORGANIC-air:10H TWA <0.1 mg(Pb)/m3
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

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Lead sulfide, 7505

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***