*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OV8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mercury(I) chloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7546-30-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 29
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl-Hg
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 236.04
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  HG  G
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * C.I. 77764
   * Calosan
   * Chlorure mercureux
   * Cloruro di mercurio
   * Cloruro mercuroso
   * Cyclosan
   * Mercurochloride
   * Mercurous chloride
   * Mercury monochloride
   * Mercury protochloride
   * Mild mercury chloride
   * Precipite blanc
   * Quecksilber(I)-chlorid
   * Quecksilber chloruer
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 77,109,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 2700 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 290,281,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 3200 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,381,1985

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.025 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
   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-Not classifiable as a human 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
   SDGTB3 Seminars in Drug Treatment.  (New York, NY)  V.1-3, 1971-74.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,177,1971

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   RREVAH Residue Reviews.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44
   Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,103,1972

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3
   DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in
   Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,22,1973

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg(Hg)/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.02 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.04 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.15 mg(Hg)/m3  JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:STEL 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.15 mg(Hg)/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 MERCURY, ARYL AND INORGANIC-air:CL 0.1 mg/m3 (Sk)
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 GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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