*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : WK8925000
CHEMICAL NAME : Strontium fluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7783-48-4
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 32
MOLECULAR FORMULA : F2-Sr
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 125.62
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SR F2
*** 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 : 10600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - ataxia
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
VAMNAQ Vestnik Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR. Journal of the Academy of
Medical Sciences of the USSR. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow,
USSR) V.1- 1946- Volume(issue)/page/year: (2),28,1977
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 625 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 4400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - ataxia
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
VAMNAQ Vestnik Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR. Journal of the Academy of
Medical Sciences of the USSR. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow,
USSR) V.1- 1946- Volume(issue)/page/year: (2),28,1977
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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
ACGIH TLV-Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
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 2.5 mg(F)/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:
3,116,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 2.5 mg(F)/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 2.5 mg(F)/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 2.5 mg(F)/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-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3;STEL 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1.8 ppm (1.5 mg(F)/m3);STEL 9.0 ppm JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 FLUORIDES, INORGANIC-air:10H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - E0237
No. of Facilities: 392 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 17
No. of Occupations: 5
No. of Employees: 5067 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 18 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***