*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TH4330000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Phosphorus sesquisulfide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1314-85-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : P4-S3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 220.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  P4 S3
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Phosphorous sesquisulfide
   * Phosphorus (III) sulfide (IV)
   * Sesquisulfure de phosphore
   * Tetraphosphorus trisulfide
   * Trisulfurated phosphorus
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 95 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - food intake (animal)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in both tubules and glomeruli
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
REFERENCE :
   SAPHAO Skandinavisches Archiv fuer Physiologie.  (Stockholm, Sweden) V.1-83,
   1899-1940.  For publisher information, see APSCAX. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   15,259,1904

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83784
       No. of Facilities: 41 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 124 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83784
       No. of Facilities: 24 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 1663 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 298 (estimated)

 
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