*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : OJ6125000
CHEMICAL NAME : Lithium fluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7789-24-4
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 34
MOLECULAR FORMULA : F-Li
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 25.94
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : LI F
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* TLD 100
* Lithium fluorure
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 143 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow). For English translation, see
PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-
1939- Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,329,1977
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85KYAH "Merck Index; an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals",
11th ed., Rahway, NJ 07065, Merck & Co., Inc. 1989 Volume(issue)/page/year:
11,871,1989
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION : 280 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
CRSBAW Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses
Filiales. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.1- 1849-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,133,1937
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 198 mg/kg/11D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume increased
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - proteinuria
Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
REFERENCE :
FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow). For English translation, see
PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-
1939- Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,329,1977
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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
ACGIH TLV-Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
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
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
AMSSAQ Acta Medica Scandinavica, Supplement. (Almqvist & Wiksell, POB
45150, S-10430 Stockholm, Sweden) No.1-730, 1921-88.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 400,5,1963
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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:
3,116,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 2.5 mg(F)/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
OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
41,50-204.50,1994
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3;STEL 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.2 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1.8 ppm (1.5 mg(F)/m3);STEL 9.0 ppm JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 FLUORIDES, INORGANIC-air:10H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - M1010
No. of Facilities: 592 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 12
No. of Occupations: 5
No. of Employees: 2853 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - M1010
No. of Facilities: 390 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 17
No. of Occupations: 11
No. of Employees: 3854 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 46 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***