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Iron (II) sulfate (1:1) , heptahydrate

RTECS #: NO8510000

CAS #: 7782-63-0

UPDATE: May 2009 MW: 278.05 MF: O4S•Fe•7H2O


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate
  2. Fesofor
  3. Fesotyme
  4. Green vitrol
  5. Haemofort
  6. Iron protosulfate
  1. Iron sulfate heptahydrate
  2. Ironate
  3. Irosul
  4. Mol - iron
  5. Presfersul


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
DNA damage oral
mouse 		33.23 mg/kg MUREAV 583,75,2005
mutation in microorganisms Escherichia coli 30 µmol/L (-enzymatic activation step) CIWYAO 49,144,1950
micronucleus test mouse other cell types 500 µmol/L MUREAV 244,337,1990


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
intraperitoneal
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 245 mg/kg N/R ARZNAD 17,748,1967
intravenous
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 51 mg/kg Behavioral: Somnolence (general depressed activity)

Cardiac: Other changes

Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Respiratory depression 		AJMSA9 230,491,1955
intravenous
rabbit 		lowest published lethal dose: 99 mg/kg N/R EQSSDX 1,1,1975
oral
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 1,520 mg/kg N/R AJMSA9 230,491,1955
oral
rat 		lowest published lethal dose: 1,389 mg/kg N/R EQSSDX 1,1,1975
oral
rabbit 		lowest published lethal dose: 2,778 mg/kg N/R EQSSDX 1,1,1975
rectal
rat 		lowest published lethal dose: 697 mg/kg N/R EQSSDX 1,1,1975
subcutaneous
rabbit 		lowest published lethal dose: 279 mg/kg N/R EQSSDX 1,1,1975


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 1 mg(Fe)/m3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
CTOXAO 4,615,1971


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION FEREAC 54,7740,1989
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1998 STATUS OF PESTICIDES: RED Completed RBREV* -,322,1998
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 1 mg(Fe)/m3 DTLVS* 3,138,1971
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Fe)/m3, JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 1 mg(Fe)/m3, MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 1 mg(Fe)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - KOREA time-weighted average 1 mg(Fe)/m3, 2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - NEW ZEALAND time-weighted average 1 mg(Fe)/m3, JAN2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1 mg(Fe)/m3, DEC2006


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X3016;
Number of Industries 6;
Total Number of Facilities 352;
Number of Occupations 12;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 7,242;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 2,396


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
N/R


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
AJMSA9 American Journal of the Medical Sciences. (Slack Inc., 6900 Grove Rd., Thorofare, NJ 08086) New series: V.1- 1841-
ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag, Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951-
CIWYAO Year Book--Carnegie Instition of Washington. (Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1530 P St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1902-
CTOXAO Clinical Toxicology. (New York, NY) V.1-18, 1968-81. For publisher information, see JTCTDW.
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936-
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964-
RBREV* Status of Pesticides in Registration, Reregistration, and Special Review (Rainbow Report), Special Review and Reregistration Division Office of Pesticide Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, Spring 1998

Used in water treatment, iron oxide fragments, and catalyst component

NIOSH PROFILE (IRON AND ITS COMPOUNDS), SRC, 3/82

RTECS Compound Description:
   Agricultural Chemical
   Mutagen

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