*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LJ8219000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ferrate(4-), hexacyano-, tetrapotassium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13943-58-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-Fe-N6.4K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 368.37
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ferrate(4-), hexakis(cyano-C)-, tetrapotassium, (OC-6-11)-
   * Potassium ferrocyanate
   * Potassium ferrocyanide
   * Potassium hexacyanoferrate
   * Potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)
   * Tetrapotassium ferrocyanide
   * Tetrapotassium hexacyanoferrate
   * Tetrapotassium hexacyanoferrate(II)
   * Tetrapotassium hexacyanoferrate(4-)
 
                       *** 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           : 6400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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(4),23,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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(4),23,1986
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 537 ug/m3
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-22 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
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(3),79,1987

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80199
       No. of Facilities: 4711 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 76
       No. of Occupations: 43
       No. of Employees: 18082 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 80199
       No. of Facilities: 2238 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 34
       No. of Occupations: 29
       No. of Employees: 22116 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 10721 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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