*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : QR9700000
CHEMICAL NAME : Nickel sulfide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 11113-75-0
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 41
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Ni-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 90.77
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .NI..S
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* alpha-Nickel sulfide (1:1) crystalline
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 86585 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Musculoskeletal - tumors
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
IAPUDO IARC Publications. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave.,
Albany, NY 12210) No.27- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year: 53,127,1984
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrarenal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 43290 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - Kidney tumors
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK) V.1- 1980-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,1511,1984
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - rat Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
LAINAW Laboratory Investigation. (Williams & Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston
St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1952- Volume(issue)/page/year:
19,663,1968
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION : 2500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year:
47,2142,1987
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Mammary gland
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mmol/L/48H
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,221,1979
TYPE OF TEST : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION : 5 umol/plate
REFERENCE :
TOXID9 Toxicologist. (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
Akron, OH 44311) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,132,1981
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland). (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
15,35,1982
TYPE OF TEST : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland). (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
17,273,1983
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 5 mg/L
REFERENCE :
CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year:
45,2320,1985
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 500 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 260,159,1991
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 80 ng/cm2
REFERENCE :
EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.10- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
21,365,1993
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 30 mg/m3
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 370,133,1996
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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:
3,178,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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 1 mg(Ni)/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 1 mg(Ni)/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 1 mg(Ni)/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 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3;Skin;Carcinogen (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.005 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-JAPAN:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.05 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
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