*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QU8915000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nitric acid, iron(3+) salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10421-48-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 15
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : N3-O9.Fe
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 241.88
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Iron nitrate
   * Iron (III) nitrate, anhydrous
   * Iron trinitrate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 1250 nmol/tube
REFERENCE :
   LAMEDS LARC Medical.  (19 bis, rue d'Inkermann, 59000 Lille, France)  V.1-
   1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,252,1986

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 1 mg(Fe)/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(Fe)/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:
   3,138,1971

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3;STEL 2 mg(Fe)/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 :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80945
       No. of Facilities: 686 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 10
       No. of Occupations: 15
       No. of Employees: 10505 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 80945
       No. of Facilities: 1563 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 15
       No. of Occupations: 32
       No. of Employees: 20982 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 9383 (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

 
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