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Peroxydisulfuric acid, dipotassium salt

RTECS #: SE0400000

CAS #: 7727-21-1

UPDATE: May 2009 MW: 272.34 MF: H2O8S2•2K


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  3. OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA:
  4. REVIEWS:
  5. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  6. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  7. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  8. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Anthion
  2. Dipotassium persulfate
  3. Potassium peroxydisulfate
  1. Potassium peroxydisulphate
  2. Potassium persulfate


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE 		DOSE REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R N/R


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
oral
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 1,250 mg/kg N/R TOVEFN (2),32,2003
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 802 mg/kg N/R 85INA8 5,468,1986
skin
mammal (species unspecified) 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 5,000 mg/kg N/R TOVEFN (2),32,2003


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
skin
guinea pig 		lowest published toxic dose: 50 pph/15 day- intermittent Immunological Including Allergic: Hypersensitivity delayed (multiple organ involvement) TOVEFN (2),32,2003
skin
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 50 pph/10 day- intermittent Skin: After topical application: Primary irritation TOVEFN (2),32,2003


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 0.1 mg(S2O8)/m3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA ceiling concentration 0.01 mg/m3, JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 0.1 mg/m3, MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 2 mg(S2O8)/m3, OCT 2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC-TGG 1 mg/m3, 2003


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 81953;
Number of Industries 12;
Total Number of Facilities 1,648;
Number of Occupations 19;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 26,001
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 81953;
Number of Industries 24;
Total Number of Facilities 2,979;
Number of Occupations 24;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 51,102;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 23,438


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
85INA8 "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices," 5th ed., Cincinnati, OH, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc., 1986
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
TOVEFN Toksikologicheskii Vestnik. (18-20 Vadkovskii per. Moscow, 101479, Russia) History Unknown

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