*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : TL4025000 CHEMICAL NAME : Piperazine, dihydrochloride CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 142-64-3 LAST UPDATED : 199712 DATA ITEMS CITED : 18 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H10-N2.2Cl-H MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 159.08 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6M DMTJ &GH 2 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical Mutagen SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Diethylenediamine dihydrochloride * Dihydrochloride salt of diethylenediamine * Dihydro Pip Wormer * Dowzene DHC * Piperazine dihydrochloride * Piperazine hydrochloride * Piperazine wormer premix *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 4900 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : GUCHAZ Guide to the Chemicals Used in Crop Protection. (Information Canada, 171 Slater St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada) Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,416,1973 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 1970 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation REFERENCE : JJPAAZ Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Japanese Pharmacological Soc., c/o Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.1- 1951- Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,475,1967 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 2030 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag, Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951- Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,649,1954 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 5 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: TLV/BEI,1997 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** OSHA PEL (Construc):skin CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1926.55,1994 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 5 mg/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 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO PIPERAZINE-air:10H TWA 5.0 mg/m3 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 - 80559 No. of Facilities: 68 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 5 No. of Employees: 1284 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 80559 No. of Facilities: 163 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 12 No. of Employees: 5730 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Host-mediated assay EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***