*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GL7150000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Copper cyanide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 544-92-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 34
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CU  CN
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Copper(I) cyanide
   * Cupricin
   * Cuprous cyanide
   * RCRA waste number P029
 
                       *** 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           : 1265 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOXID9 Toxicologist.  (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
   Akron, OH 44311) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,170,1983

                    *** 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 :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 20155
       No. of Facilities: 1812 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 43
       No. of Occupations: 21
       No. of Employees: 11022 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 20155
       No. of Facilities: 1673 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 43
       No. of Occupations: 29
       No. of Employees: 22333 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 4407 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   On EPA IRIS database

 
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