*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OJ6419000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Lithium sulfate (2:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10377-48-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O4-S.2Li
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 109.94
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .LI2.S-O4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Lithium sulphate
   * Sulfuric acid, dilithium salt
   * Sulfuric acid, lithium salt (1:2)
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - coma
REFERENCE :
   JTCTDW Journal of Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology.  (Marcel Dekker, 270
   Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016)  V.19-    1982-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   25,81,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1190 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   RPTOAN Russian Pharmacology and Toxicology (English Translation).
   Translation of FATOAO.  (Euromed Pub., 33, Woodlands Rd., Surbiton, Surrey,
   UK)  V.30-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,266,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 953 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   RPTOAN Russian Pharmacology and Toxicology (English Translation).
   Translation of FATOAO.  (Euromed Pub., 33, Woodlands Rd., Surbiton, Surrey,
   UK)  V.30-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,266,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 560 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOBP Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Kiev).  Pharmacology and Toxicology.
   (Kievskii Nauchno- Issledovatel'skii Institut Farmakologii i Toksikologii,
   Kiev, USSR)  No.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,113,1974
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 117,149,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 117,149,1983

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81880
       No. of Facilities: 516 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 4562 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81880
       No. of Facilities: 338 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 9
       No. of Occupations: 14
       No. of Employees: 9278 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 5149 (estimated)

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

 
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