*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : NO8505000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Iron(III) sulfate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10028-22-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 16
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Fe2-O12-S3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 399.88
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Diiron trisulfate
   * Ferric sulfate
   * Iron persulfate
   * Iron sesquisulfate
   * Iron sulfate (2:3)
   * Iron(3+) sulfate
   * Iron tersulfate
   * Sulfuric acid, iron(3+) salt (3:2)
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 168 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   COREAF Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, Academie des Sciences.
   (Paris, France)  V.1-261, 1835-1965.  For publisher information, see CRASEV.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 256,1043,1963
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 nmol/tube
REFERENCE :
   LAMEDS LARC Medical.  (19 bis, rue d'Inkermann, 59000 Lille, France)  V.1-
   1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,252,1986

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 1 mg(Fe)/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:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/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:
   3,138,1971

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Fe)/m3;STEL 2 mg(Fe)/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 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 33165
       No. of Facilities: 918 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 19
       No. of Occupations: 26
       No. of Employees: 9549 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X6847
       No. of Facilities: 19 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 93 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 37 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 33165
       No. of Facilities: 1650 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 36
       No. of Occupations: 35
       No. of Employees: 35533 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 12034 (estimated)

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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***