*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LW8600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Gallium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7440-55-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Ga
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 69.72
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 480 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   48,3014,1988

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 34585
       No. of Facilities: 163 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 427 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 34585
       No. of Facilities: 349 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 10
       No. of Employees: 7485 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2686 (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   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies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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