*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : NO8510000
CHEMICAL NAME : Iron(II) sulfate (1:1), heptahydrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7782-63-0
LAST UPDATED : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED : 19
MOLECULAR FORMULA : O4-S.Fe.7H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 278.05
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .FE..S-O4 .QH7
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate
* Fesofor
* Fesotyme
* Green vitrol
* Haemofort
* Ironate
* Iron protosulfate
* Iron sulfate heptahydrate
* Irosul
* Mol-iron
* Presfersul
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1389 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Rectal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 697 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1520 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AJMSA9 American Journal of the Medical Sciences. (Slack Inc., 6900 Grove
Rd., Thorofare, NJ 08086) New series: V.1- 1841- Volume(issue)/page/year:
230,491,1955
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 245 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag,
Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,748,1967
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 51 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Cardiac - other changes
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
AJMSA9 American Journal of the Medical Sciences. (Slack Inc., 6900 Grove
Rd., Thorofare, NJ 08086) New series: V.1- 1841- Volume(issue)/page/year:
230,491,1955
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2778 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 279 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 99 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep.
Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 30 umol/L
REFERENCE :
CIWYAO Year Book--Carnegie Instition of Washington. (Carnegie Institution
of Washington, 1530 P St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1902-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 49,144,1950
TYPE OF TEST : Micronucleus test
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 500 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 244,337,1990
*** REVIEWS ***
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
CTOXAO Clinical Toxicology. (New York, NY) V.1-18, 1968-81. For publisher
information, see JTCTDW. Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,615,1971
*** 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
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X3016
No. of Facilities: 352 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 6
No. of Occupations: 12
No. of Employees: 7242 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 2396 (estimated)
*** END OF RECORD ***