*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YR3490000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Uranium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7440-61-1
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 24678-82-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 30
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : U
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 238.00
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .UR
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Uranium
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 37(10),27,1972

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   HXPHAU Handbuch der Experimentellen Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.)  New
   series: V.1-49, 1935-78. For publisher information, see HEPHD2.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,197,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   HXPHAU Handbuch der Experimentellen Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.)  New
   series: V.1-49, 1935-78. For publisher information, see HEPHD2.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,165,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   AJMEAZ American Journal of Medicine.  (Technical Pub., 875 Third Ave., New
   York, NY 10022) V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,409,1965

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.2 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:
   3,274,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.05 mg(U)/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 0.25 mg(U)/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(U)/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 0.25 mg(U)/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 0.2 mg(U)/m3;STEL 0.6 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3;STEL 0.5 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3;STEL 0.6 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.25 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.05 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.25 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.015 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.075 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.015 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.075 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.05 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg(U)/m3;STEL 0.6 mg(U)/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO URANIUM, insol-air:10H CA TWA 0.2 mg/m3;STEL 0.6 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 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO URANIUM, soluble compounds-air:10H CA TWA 0.05 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

                          *** 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 ***