*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BD1450000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Aluminum(III) silicate (2:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1302-76-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 19
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O5-Si.2Al
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 162.05
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  AL2 SI-O5
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aluminosilcate
   * Aluminum oxide silicate
   * Ceramic fibre
   * Cyanite
   * Disthene
   * Kaopolite
   * Kyanite
   * Mullite
   * Oil-dri
   * Safe-N-Dri
   * Silicic acid aluminum salt
   * Valfor
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intrapleural
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 90 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
   BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer.  (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
   Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK)  V.1-    1947-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,173,1973

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 2 mg(Al)/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

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   31BYAP "Experimental Lung Cancer:  Carcinogenesis and Bioassays,
   International Symposium, 1974," Karbe, E., and J.F. Park, eds.,
   Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 1974  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,94,1974

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/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 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1426
       No. of Facilities: 10 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 1042 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4779
       No. of Facilities: 1560 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 33
       No. of Occupations: 34
       No. of Employees: 39077 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 727 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***