*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OM2800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Magnesium chloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7786-30-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 20
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl2-Mg
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 95.21
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  MG  G2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * DUS-top
 
                       *** 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           : 2800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Cardiac - other changes
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,1,1929
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 225 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Cardiac - other changes
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,1,1929
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   ENDOAO Endocrinology (Baltimore).  (Williams & Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston
   St., Baltimore, MD 21203) V.1-    1917-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   24,523,1939
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   IYKEDH Iyakuhin Kenkyu.  Study of Medical Supplies.  (Nippon Koteisho
   Kyokai, 12-15, 2-chome, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  V.1- 1970- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,257,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 342 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   COREAF Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, Academie des Sciences.
   (Paris, France)  V.1-261, 1835-1965.  For publisher information, see CRASEV.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 256,1043,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 14 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   22,150,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 229 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - arrhythmias (including changes in conduction)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1909
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/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
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 114 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
REFERENCE :
   JTSCDR Journal of Toxicological Sciences.  (Japanese Soc. of Toxicological
   Sciences, 4th Floor, Gakkai Center Bldg., 4-16, Yayoi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
   Tokyo 113, Japan)  V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,291,1984
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 8000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   APMBAY Applied Microbiology.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-30, 1953-75.  For
   publisher information, see AEMIDF.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,45,1958
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 193,237,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Human HeLa cell
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   JCLLAX Journal of Cellular Physiology.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St.,
   New York, NY 10003) V.67-    1966-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 78,217,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 umol/kg
REFERENCE :
   JOENAK Journal of Endocrinology.  (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot, POB 32,
   Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK)  V.1-    1939-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 65,45,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   AMOKAG Acta Medicia Okayama.  (Okayama Univ. Medical School, Okayama, Japan)
    V.27    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,141,1979

                    *** 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

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 43360
       No. of Facilities: 2931 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 44
       No. of Occupations: 37
       No. of Employees: 37111 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 43360
       No. of Facilities: 8597 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 89
       No. of Occupations: 99
       No. of Employees: 258526 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 138531 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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