*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : QS0400000
CHEMICAL NAME : Nickel telluride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 12142-88-0
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 48
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Ni-Te
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 186.31
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .NI./TE
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Nickel monotelluride
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 178 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Musculoskeletal - tumors
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
IAPUDO IARC Publications. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave.,
Albany, NY 12210) No.27- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year: 53,127,1984
TYPE OF TEST : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DOE/EV/03140-5
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/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
IARC Cancer Review:Animal Limited Evidence
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 49,257,1990
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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:
3,178,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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 1 mg(Ni)/m3
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 1 mg(Ni)/m3
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 1 mg(Ni)/m3
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 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3;Skin;Carcinogen (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3;STEL 0.3 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.005 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.005 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-JAPAN:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.05 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3;STEL 0.5 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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 NICKEL, INORGANIC-air:10H CA TWA 0.015 mg(Ni)/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
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***