*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : XG5950000
CHEMICAL NAME : Thallium(I) nitrate (1:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 10102-45-1
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 34
MOLECULAR FORMULA : N-O3.Tl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 266.38
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : TL N-O3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Nitric acid, thallium(1+) salt
* RCRA waste number U217
* Thallium mononitrate
* Thallous nitrate
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION : 73 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - dehydration
REFERENCE :
SMEZA5 Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertiza. Forensic Medical Examination. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1958-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 18(4),37,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 21 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4-
1898- Volume(issue)/page/year: 182,425,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 26 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - encephalitis
Gastrointestinal - other changes
Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
85ECAN "Metal Toxicity in Mammals, Vol. 2: Chemical Toxicity of Metals and
Metalloids," Venugopal, B., and T.D. Luckey, New York, Plenum Press, 1978
Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,101,1978
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 15 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
YKYUA6 Yakkyoku. Pharmacy. (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
Japan) V.1- 1950- Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,329,1977
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 37293 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
63,461,1982
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 45 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig,
Ger. Dem. Rep.) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1406,1935
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 15 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 : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 15 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 : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 14 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
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 47058 ug/kg/4D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
JFALAX Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University. (Tottori
Univ., Faculty of Agriculture, Minami-4-101, Koyama-cho, Tottori 680, Japan)
V.1- 1951- Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,15,1969
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 77,109,1980
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 (skin)
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 (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 (skin)
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 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 (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
OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 (skin)
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 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 (skin)
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 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 mg(Tl)/m3;Skin 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 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - E0849
No. of Facilities: 8 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 3
No. of Occupations: 4
No. of Employees: 462 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 424 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
On EPA IRIS database
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
*** END OF RECORD ***