*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WQ6870000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sulfite, hydrogen
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 15181-46-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : H-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 81.07
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ..H..S-O3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bisulphite
   * Hydrogen sulfite
   * Hydrosulfite anion
   * Sulfite LYE
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   5,85,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,27,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,27,1982

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5084
       No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 425 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 196 (estimated)

 
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