*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PA2800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methanearsonous acid, compd. with octylamine (1:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6379-37-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199503
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 24
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H19-N.C-H5-As-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 269.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Q-AS-Q1M8
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Octylamine, methanearsonate (1:1)
   * Octylammonium methylarsonate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCOC** Pesticide Chemicals Official Compendium, Association of the American
   Pesticide Control Officials, Inc., 1966.  (Topeka, KS)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,823,1966

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.5 mg(As)/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: 3,16,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.5 mg(As)/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 0.5 mg(As)/m3
   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 0.5 mg(As)/m3
   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 0.5 mg(As)/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-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.5 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.5 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.3 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.03 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.5 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.5 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

 
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