*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GB2800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Chromic acid, calcium salt (1:1), dihydrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10060-08-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 25
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cr-O4.Ca.2H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 192.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CA  CR-O4 &QH 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Calcium chrome(VI) dihydrate
   * Chromic acid (H2CrO4), calcium salt (1:1), dihydrate
   * Gelbin Yellow Ultramarine
   * Steinbuhl Yellow
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Kidney
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,1058,1975

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.05 mg(Cr)/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-Confirmed 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

   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: 2,100,1972

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.5 mg(Cr)/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: 3,35,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):CL 0.1 mg(CrO3)/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):CL 0.1 mg(CrO3)/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):CL 0.1 mg(CrO3)/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):CL 0.1 mg(CrO3)/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-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 mg/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 CHROMIUM(VI)-air:10H CA TWA 0.001 mg(Cr)/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. ***
 
   NIOSH CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 4, 1975/1976

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***