*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SE0525000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Peroxydisulfuric acid, disodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7775-27-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O8-S2.2Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 238.10
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  NA2 S2-O8
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Persulfate de sodium
   * Sodium peroxydisulfate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 226 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: 257,791,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 178 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85KYAH "Merck Index; an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals",
   11th ed., Rahway, NJ 07065, Merck & Co., Inc. 1989 Volume(issue)/page/year:
   11,1366,1989

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 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:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 69330
       No. of Facilities: 230 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 10
       No. of Employees: 8750 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 69330
       No. of Facilities: 1466 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 16
       No. of Employees: 30135 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 8003 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***