*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OV9420000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mercury, chloro(2-chlorovinyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5980-86-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 21
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H2-Cl2-Hg
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 297.53
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : G1U1-HG-G
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Organometallic
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chloro(2-chlorovinyl)mercury
   * (2-Chlorovinyl)mercuric chloride
   * Mercury, chloro(2-chloroethenyl)-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 56200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#05831

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3; STEL 0.03 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:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** 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, ORGANO-air:TWA 0.01 mg/m3;STEL 0.03 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

 
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