*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OJ5540000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Lithium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7439-93-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Li
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 6.94
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  LI
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
 
                       *** 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           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85IXA4 "Structure et Activite Pharmacodyanmique des Medicaments du Systeme
   Nerveux Vegetatif," Bovet, D., and F. Bovet-Nitti, New York, S. Karger, 1948
    Volume(issue)/page/year: -,704,1948
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
TEST SYSTEM             : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 714 mg/kg/8W (Intermittent)
REFERENCE :
   LANCAO Lancet.  (7 Adam St., London WC2N 6AD, UK)  V.1-    1823-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,435,1969

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ARPTDI Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology.  (Annual Reviews, Inc.,
   POB 10139, Palo Alto, CA 94303)  V.16-    1976- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   16,231,1976

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   KDYIA5 Kidney International.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service
   Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,82,1976

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   QJMEA7 Quarterly Journal of Medicine.  (Oxford Univ. Press, Walton St.,
   Oxford OX2 6DP, UK) V.1-    1932-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 47,123,1978

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   CNMEAH Connectical Medicine.  (Connecticul State Medical Society, 160 St.
   Ronan Street, New Heaven, Conn. 06511) V.22 n8-    1958-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,115,1990

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80295
       No. of Facilities: 372 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 1942 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 80295
       No. of Facilities: 207 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 3455 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1084 (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
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Elements in blood or tissue, 8005

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***