*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : NL1050000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Indium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7440-74-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 18
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : In
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 114.82
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  IN
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Indium
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   28ZLA8 "Toxicity of Industrial Metals," Browning, E., London, Butterworths,
   1961  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,144,1961

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ADTEAS Advances in Teratology.  (New York, NY)  V.1-5, 1966-72.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,51,1972

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.1 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:
   3,134,1971

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 0.1 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 0.1 mg(In)/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

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 mg/m3;STEL 0.3 mg/m3 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 INDIUM AND COMPOUNDS (as I)-air:10H TWA 0.1 mg/m3
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 - X9143
       No. of Facilities: 202 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 2053 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 65 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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