*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OJ6360000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Lithium oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 12057-24-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 15 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HINAAU Hindustan Antibiotics Bulletin.  (Hindustan Antibiotics, Ltd.,
   Pimpri, Poona, India) V.1-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,26,1969

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82795
       No. of Facilities: 219 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 9
       No. of Occupations: 15
       No. of Employees: 4776 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82795
       No. of Facilities: 267 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 7
       No. of Occupations: 14
       No. of Employees: 17453 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 6611 (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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