*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : OX0720000 CHEMICAL NAME : Mercury sulfide CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1344-48-5 LAST UPDATED : 199701 DATA ITEMS CITED : 3 MOLECULAR FORMULA : Hg-S MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 232.65 SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Almaden * C.I. 77766 * C.I. Pigment Red 106 * Chinese vermilion * Ethiops mineral * Mercuric sulfide * beta-Mercuric sulfide * Mercuric Sulfide, Black * Mercuric Sulfide Red * Mercury monosulfide * Mercury(2+) sulfide * Mercury sulphide * Monomercury sulfide * Orange vermilion * Pigment Red 106 * Red cinnabar * Red mercury sulphide * Scarlet vermilion * Vermilion *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 195 mg/kg/4W-I TOXIC EFFECTS : Endocrine - evidence of thyroid hypofunction REFERENCE : BECTA6 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094) V.1- 1966- Volume(issue)/page/year: 49,847,1992 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - M1643 No. of Facilities: 13 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 98 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***