*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : GL7000000
CHEMICAL NAME : Copper(II) chloride (1:2)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7447-39-4
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 47
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Cl2-Cu
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 134.44
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : CU G2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Copper bichloride
* Copper(2+) chloride
* Copper(II) chloride
* Cupric chloride
* Cupric dichloride
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 584 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas
Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 14700 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas
Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 5 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas
Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 233 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas
Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 7400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
Pharmakologie. (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66. For publisher
information, see NSAPCC. Volume(issue)/page/year: 244,17,1962
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 17500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EJMCA5 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry--Chimie Therapeutique.
(Editions Scientifiques Elsevier, 29 rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France)
V.9- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,425,1984
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 20 ug/m3/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in chlorine
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 52(7),74,1987
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 8 ug/m3
SEX/DURATION : female 1-21 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - extra-embryonic structures
(e.g., placenta, umbilical cord)
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 51(8),38,1986
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 35 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 12-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
TXCYAC Toxicology. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 64,19,1990
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 2 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
SCIEAS Science. (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H
St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1895- Volume(issue)/page/year:
198,513,1977
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION : 100 umol/L
REFERENCE :
CPBTAL Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. (Japan Pub. Trading Co., USA,
1255 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103) V.6- 1958-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,1571,1985
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - species unspecified Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 2 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
SCIEAS Science. (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H
St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1895- Volume(issue)/page/year:
198,513,1977
*** REVIEWS ***
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series,"
Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77
Volume(issue)/page/year: Cu,23,1977
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 2 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 0.4 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 02 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1.0 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.5 ppm (1 mg(Cu)/m3) (dust) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (resp. dust) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X9857
No. of Facilities: 1154 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 20
No. of Occupations: 28
No. of Employees: 16759 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 9684 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
*** END OF RECORD ***