*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : PA7525000 CHEMICAL NAME : Methane, dibromodifluoro- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 75-61-6 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1732515 REFERENCE : 4-01-00-00080 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199712 DATA ITEMS CITED : 28 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C-Br2-F2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 209.83 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FXFEE SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Difluorodibromomethane * Freon 12-B2 * Halon 1202 *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 140 gm/m3/2H TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - rigidity (including catalepsy) Liver - other changes Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes REFERENCE : TLSMA6 Trudy Leningradskogo Sanitarno-Gigienicheskogo Meditsinskogo Instituta. (Leningrad, Russia) V.1-145, 1949-82. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 111,10,1975 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 858 mg/m3 (100 ppm) 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 100 ppm (860 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: 3,86,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/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 100 ppm (860 mg/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 100 ppm (860 mg/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 100 ppm (860 mg/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-AUSTRALIA:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 100 ppm (858 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3);STEL 150 ppm (1290 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3);STEL 200 ppm JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 100 ppm (860 mg/m3);STEL 150 ppm 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 DIFLUORODIBROMOMETHANE-air:10H TWA 100 ppm 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 NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 25515 No. of Facilities: 40 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 2234 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 25515 No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 1 No. of Employees: 28 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Difluorodibromomethane, 1012 *** END OF RECORD ***