*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OO9275000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Manganese
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7439-96-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 52
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Mn
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 54.94
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  MN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Human
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Colloidal manganese
   * Magnacat
   * Mangan
   * Manganese
   * Mangan nitridovany
   * Tronamang
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,21,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,21,1972
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 2300 ug/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   27,454,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 9 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,21,1972
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Brain and Coverings - other degenerative changes
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in metals, not otherwise specified
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,217,1981
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg/1Y-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   NCIUS* Progress Report for Contract No. PH-43-64-886, Submitted to the
   National Cancer Institute by The Institute of Chemical Biology, University
   of San Francisco.  (San Francisco, CA 94117)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   PH43-64-886

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.2(Mn)/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

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   TRBMAV Texas Reports on Biology and Medicine.  (Galveston, TX)  V.1-41(2),
   1943-81/82.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,85,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ACLSCP Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science.  (1833 Delancey Pl.,
   Philadelphia, PA 19103) V.1-    1971-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,487,1974

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ADTEAS Advances in Teratology.  (New York, NY)  V.1-5, 1966-72.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,51,1972

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   FOREAE Food Research.  (Champaign, IL)  V.1-25, 1936-60.  For publisher
   information, see JFDSAZ.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,313,1942

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   KOTTAM Kogai to Taisaku.  Journal of Environmental Pollution Control. (Kogai
   Taisaku Gijutsu Dokokai, Shuwa-Akasaka Bldg., 9-1-244, Akasaka, Minato-ku,
   Tokyo 107, Japan)  V.1-    1965-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1300,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series,"
   Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77
   Volume(issue)/page/year: Mn,1,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   PEXTAR Progress in Experimental Tumor Research.  (S. Karger AG, Postfach
   CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland) V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   12,102,1969

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   IMSUAI Industrial Medicine and Surgery.  (Northbrook, IL)  V.18-42, 1949-73.
    For publisher information, see IOHSA5.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,1,1955

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD:air-CL 5 mg/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:
   3,149,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):CL 5 mg(Mn)/m3, fume
   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):CL 5 mg(Mn)/m3, fume
   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):CL 5 mg(Mn)/m3, fume
   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):CL 5 mg(Mn)/m3, fume
   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-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 3 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 3 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.2 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 5 mg/m3 (fume) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 3 mg/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 MANGANESE COMPDS (as Mn)-air:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 3 mg/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 - 44000
       No. of Facilities: 1963 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 29
       No. of Occupations: 53
       No. of Employees: 19787 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5920
       No. of Facilities: 26 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 305 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 71 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5992
       No. of Facilities: 235 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 9
       No. of Occupations: 9
       No. of Employees: 4560 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 12 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 44000
       No. of Facilities: 66404 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 316
       No. of Occupations: 125
       No. of Employees: 756403 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 15912 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   On EPA IRIS database
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Elements by ICP, 7300
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Elements in blood or tissue, 8005
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Metals in urine, 8310
   
   OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #ID-125G

 
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