*** 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

 
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