*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VS7420000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Selenious acid, disodium salt, pentahydrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 26970-82-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 30
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O3-Se.2Na.5H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 332.01
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  NA2 SE-O3 &QH 5
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Sodium selenite pentahydrate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 9 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   COREAF Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, Academie des Sciences.
   (Paris, France)  V.1-261, 1835-1965.  For publisher information, see CRASEV.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 257,791,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10070 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EXMDA4 International Congress Series--Excerpta Medica.  (Excerpta Medica,
   Inc., POB 3085, Princeton, NJ 08540)  No.1-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: (440),312,1978
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 21 mg/kg/10W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - amino acids (including renal
   excretion)
   Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - other proteins
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 68,295,1993
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 38 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 30 day(s) pre-mating
                          female 1-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   47,79,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 10522 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 12 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - live birth index (measured after birth)
REFERENCE :
   TJADAB Teratology, The International Journal of Abnormal Development. (Alan
   R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.1-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,333,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 7155 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 16 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - abortion
REFERENCE :
   TJADAB Teratology, The International Journal of Abnormal Development. (Alan
   R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.1-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,333,1983
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Mammary gland
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,513,1995
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Mammary gland
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,513,1995

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/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 0.2 mg(Se)/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:
   3,224,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/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 0.2 mg(Se)/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 0.2 mg(Se)/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 0.2 mg(Se)/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 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3;STEL 0.3 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 mg(Se)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***