*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YW1355000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Vanadium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7440-62-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 11
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : V
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 50.94
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .VA
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 59 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,83,1965
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 340 mg/kg/43W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   NCIUS* Progress Report for Contract No. PH-43-64-886, Submitted to the
   National Cancer Institute by The Institute of Chemical Biology, University
   of San Francisco.  (San Francisco, CA 94117)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   PH43-64-886

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO VANADIUM (as V2O5), resp dust/fume-air:CL 0.05 mg/m3/15M
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 :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 76165
       No. of Facilities: 79 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 3743 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 76165
       No. of Facilities: 1725 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 37
       No. of Occupations: 68
       No. of Employees: 54159 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2658 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Elements by ICP, 7300
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Elements in blood or tissue, 8005

 
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