*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OV6300000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mercury, (acetato)(2-methoxyethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 151-38-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 25
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H10-Hg-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 318.74
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1VO-HG-2O1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Organometallic
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetato(2-methoxyethyl)mercury
   * Ba 2743
   * Cekusil universal A
   * Landisan
   * Mema
   * Mema RM
   * Mercuran
   * Mercury, acetoxy(2-methoxyethyl)-
   * Merkuran
   * Methoxyethyl mercuric acetate
   * Methoxyethylmercury acetate
   * 2-Methoxyethylmerkuriacetat
   * Panogen
   * Panogen M
   * Panogen-Metox
   * Radosan
 
                       *** 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           : 25 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   OCHRAI Occupational Health Review.  (Ottowa, Canada)  V.4-22, 1953-71.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,5,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 45 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ESKGA2 Eisei Kagaku.  Hygienic Chemistry.  (Nippon Yakugakkai, 2-12-15
   Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  V.1-    1953-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,248,1972
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 240 mg/kg/12W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   APTOA6 Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica.  (Copenhagen, Denmark)  V.1-59,
   1945-86.  For publisher information, see PHTOEH  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   38,229,1976
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 15900 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   HEREAY Hereditas (Lund, Sweden).  (Gjoerloffsgatan 121, S-261 34 Landskrona,
   Sweden)  V.1-    1947-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 74,89,1973

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
   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
   BIOGAL Biologico.  (Instituto Biologica, Av. Cons. Rodriques Alves, 1252,
   CEP 04014, Sao Paulo, Brazil)  V.1-    1935-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41(7),208,1975

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.001 ppm (0.01 mg(Hg)/m3)
   DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in
   Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,22,1973

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/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 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
   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 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
   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 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 (skin)
   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 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.02 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.04 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin 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 MERCURY, ORGANO-air:TWA 0.01 mg/m3;STEL 0.03 mg/m3 (Sk)
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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***