*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EV0260000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cadmium compounds
LAST UPDATED            : 199510
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 25
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Human
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 ug/m3/14Y-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - fibrosis, focal (pneumoconiosis)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
   ANYAA9 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  (New York Academy of
   Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021)  V.1-    1877-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 271,273,1976

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Human Sufficient Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,119,1993

   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,119,1993

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 1
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,119,1993

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   STEVA8 Science of the Total Environment.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB
   211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands)  V.1-    1972- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,341,1974

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.2 mg(Cd)/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: 3,34,1971

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.05 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.05 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.01 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.02 mg(Cd)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.05 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.02 mg(Cd)/m3;STEL 0.1 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.2 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.01 mg(Cd)/m3;STEL 0.05 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.02 mg(Cd)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.05 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.2 mg(Cd)/m3;STEL 0.5 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 mg(Cd)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.01 mg(Cd)/m3 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 RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO CADMIUM, dust and fume-air:CA lowest feasible conc.
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

 
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