*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : ON3675000
CHEMICAL NAME : Maleic anhydride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 108-31-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0106909
REFERENCE : 5-17-11-00055 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 44
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H2-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 98.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5VOVJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Anhydrid kyseliny maleinove
* cis-Butenedioic anhydride
* 2,5-Furandione
* Maleic acid anhydride
* Maleic anhydride
* Maleinanhydrid
* Toxilic anhydride
* RCRA waste number U147
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 1%
REACTION SEVERITY : Severe
REFERENCE :
AJOPAA American Journal of Ophthalmology. (Ophthalmic Pub. Co., 435 N.
Michigan Ave., Suite 1415, Chicago, IL 60611) Series 3: V.1- 1918-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1363,1946
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
IAEC** Interagency Collaborative Group on Environmental Carcinogenesis,
National Cancer Institute, Memorandum, June 17, 1974
Volume(issue)/page/year: 17JUN1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 97 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,79,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 465 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 13(4),42,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 875 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,79,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2620 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
42,417,1977
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 390 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,79,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : >20 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
IAEC** Interagency Collaborative Group on Environmental Carcinogenesis,
National Cancer Institute, Memorandum, June 17, 1974
Volume(issue)/page/year: 17JUN1974
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 9800 ug/m3/6H/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Blood - changes in spleen
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year:
10,517,1988
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1220 mg/kg/61W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer. (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
17,100,1963
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 4060 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : multigenerations
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - growth statistics (e.g.%, reduced weight
gain)
REFERENCE :
FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year:
7,359,1986
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 230 mg/L
REFERENCE :
GMCRDC Gann Monograph on Cancer Research. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring
St., New York, NY 10013) No. 11- 1971- Volume(issue)/page/year:
27,95,1981
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 1.0 mg/m3 (0.25 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
85CVA2 "Oncology 1970, Proceedings of the Tenth International Cancer
Congress," Chicago, Year Book Medical Pub., 1971 Volume(issue)/page/year:
5,250,1970
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.25 ppm (1 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:
3,148,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.25 ppm (1 mg/m3)
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 0.25 ppm
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 0.25 ppm
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 0.25 ppm (1 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-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.25 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.25 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.2 ppm (0.8 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.25 ppm (1 mg/m3);STEL 0.75 ppm (3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:STEL 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.2 ppm (0.8 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.25 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.25 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.3 ppm (1.2 mg/m3);STEL 0.6 ppm (2.5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.2 ppm (0.8 mg/m3);STEL 0.4 ppm (1.6 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.25 ppm (1 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 MALEIC ANHYDRIDE-air:10H TWA 0.25 ppm
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 - 43660
No. of Facilities: 5310 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 51
No. of Occupations: 69
No. of Employees: 71386 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 43660
No. of Facilities: 5924 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 65
No. of Occupations: 69
No. of Employees: 81551 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 14807 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA 8(a) PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, FINAL RULE
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year:
47,26992,82
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: Maleic anhydride, 3512
OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #25
*** END OF RECORD ***