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Copper cyanide

RTECS #: GL7150000

CAS #: 544-92-3

UPDATE: May 2009 MW: N/R MF: N/R


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. Copper (I) cyanide
  2. Cupricin
  1. Cuprous cyanide
  2. RCRA waste number P029


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
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 1,265 mg/kg N/R TOXID9 3,170,1983


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

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


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3 (skin) DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Occupational Exposure Limit - ARAB Republic of Egypt time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3, JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK ceiling concentration 5 mg(CN)/m3, OCT 2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE CME 5 mg(CN)/m3, Skin, FEB2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 2 mg(CN)/m3 (inhalable), 2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 1 mg(Cu)/m3, short term exposure limit 4 mg(Cu)/m3, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3, short term exposure limit 20 mg(CN)/m3, Skin, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - INDIA time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - MEXICO time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3, 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - NEW ZEALAND time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3, skin, JAN2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 1.0 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND time-weighted average 0.3 mg(CN)/m3, CEILING 10 mg(CN)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA short term exposure limit 0.5 ppm (1 mg(Cu)/m3) (dust), JUN2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN time-weighted average 1 mg(Cu)/m3;
time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (resp. dust), JUN2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN ceiling concentration 5 mg (CN)/m3, Skin, JUN2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3,KZG- week 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3, DEC2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND time-weighted average 1 mg(Cu)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3 (skin), 2005


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 20155;
Number of Industries 43;
Total Number of Facilities 1,812;
Number of Occupations 21;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 11,022
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 20155;
Number of Industries 43;
Total Number of Facilities 1,673;
Number of Occupations 29;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 22,333;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 4,407


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
ATSDR TOXICOLOGY PROFILE (NTIS** PB/98/101207/AS)
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
On EPA IRIS database


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
TOXID9 Toxicologist. (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway, Akron, OH 44311) V.1- 1981-

NIOSH PROFILE (COPPER and COMPOUNDS), SRC, 3/82

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