*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LQ8925000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Formic acid, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 107-31-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 28
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-H4-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 60.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Formiate de methyle
   * Methylester kyseliny mravenci
   * Methyle (formiate de)
   * Methyl formate
   * Methylformiaat
   * Methylformiat
   * Methyl methanoate
   * Metil (formiato di)
   * Mravencan methylnaty
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1622 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   IMSUAI Industrial Medicine and Surgery.  (Northbrook, IL)  V.18-42, 1949-73.
    For publisher information, see IOHSA5.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,31,1972

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-STEL 368 mg/m3 (150 ppm)
   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-TWA 246 mg/m3 (100 ppm)
   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

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,517,1959

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/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:
   3,165,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/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):8H TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/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):8H TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/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):8H TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/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-AUSTRALIA:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3);STEL 150 ppm (375 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 100 ppm (246 mg/m3);STEL 150 ppm (369 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3);STEL 150 ppm (375 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3);STEL 200 ppm JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3);STEL 200 ppm (500 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 100 ppm (250 mg/m3);STEL 150 ppm 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 METHYL FORMATE-air:10H TWA 100 ppm;STEL 150 ppm
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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 33850
       No. of Facilities: 80 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 22
       No. of Employees: 7738 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1402 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   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

 
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