*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CR0700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Barium sulfonates
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Barium salts of various alkyl aryl sulfonic acids in oil solution
REFERENCE :
   27ZTAP "Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products--Acute Poisoning," 3rd
   ed., Gleason, M.N., et al., eds., Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1969
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,21,1969
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 24
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/5D
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,265,1956
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEHLAU Archives of Environmental Health.  (Heldref Pub., 4000 Albemarle St.,
   NW, Washington, DC 20016)  V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,324,1963

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/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 0.5 mg(Ba)/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: 3,21,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/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 0.5 mg(Ba)/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 0.5 mg(Ba)/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 0.5 mg(Ba)/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 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3;STEL 1.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3;STEL 1 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 mg(Ba)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

 
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