RTECS:OG0700000 The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Lead dioxide

RTECS #: OG0700000

CAS #: 1309-60-0

UPDATE: May 2009 MW: 239.19 MF: O₂Pb

NOTE:

TOXICITY DATA HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED. OMISSION OF A SUBSTANCE OR NOTATION DOES NOT IMPLY ANY RELIEF FROM REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

SYNONYMS:

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:

REVIEWS:

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

Bioxyde de plomb (French)

C.I. 77580

Lead Brown

Lead Oxide Brown

Lead peroxide

Lead superoxide

Peroxyde de plomb (French)

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
intraperitoneal
guinea pig lethal dose (50 percent kill): 220 mg/kg N/R EQSSDX 1,1,1975
intraperitoneal
mouse lethal dose (50 percent kill): 291 mg/kg N/R VCVN1* -,426,1988

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 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³ DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE

Occupational Exposure Limit - ARAB Republic of Egypt time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³ (dust, fume), JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³ (dust, fume), MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, OCT 2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - EC time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, APR 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³, FEB2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, short term exposure limit 0.2 mg(Pb)/m³ (resp), SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, short term exposure limit 0.6 mg(Pb)/m³, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - JAPAN Occupational Exposure Limit 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³, 2B carcinogen, APR2007
Occupational Exposure Limit - MEXICO time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - NEW ZEALAND time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³ (dust and fume), JAN2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND MAC(time-weighted average) 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JUN2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³ (total dust);
time-weighted average 0.5 mg(Pb)/m³ (resp. dust), JUN2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³;
KZG- week 0.8 mg(Pb)/m³, DEC2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³
Occupational Exposure Limit IN SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³

NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO LEAD, INORGANIC-air 10 hour time-weighted average <0.1 mg(Pb)/m³ NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 84544;
Number of Industries 17;
Total Number of Facilities 384;
Number of Occupations 17;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 3,376
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 84544;
Number of Industries 16;
Total Number of Facilities 884;
Number of Occupations 29;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 21,708;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 5,892

STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE

EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as electrodes in batteries and in the manufacture of dyes and rubber substitutes
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001

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
EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
VCVN1* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Neorganicheskie soedinenia elementov I-IV groopp" (Hazardous substances. Inornanic substances containing I-IV group elements), Filov V.A., Chimia, 1988.

Used as electrodes in batteries and in the manufacture of dyes and rubber substitutes

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SYNONYMS:
Bioxyde de plomb (French) C.I. 77580 Lead Brown Lead Oxide Brown	Lead peroxide Lead superoxide Peroxyde de plomb (French)

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
intraperitoneal guinea pig	lethal dose (50 percent kill): 220 mg/kg	N/R	EQSSDX 1,1,1975
intraperitoneal mouse	lethal dose (50 percent kill): 291 mg/kg	N/R	VCVN1* -,426,1988

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 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³	DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
ORGANIZATION	STANDARD	REFERENCE
Occupational Exposure Limit - ARAB Republic of Egypt	time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA	time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³ (dust, fume), JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM	time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³ (dust, fume), MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK	time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, OCT 2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - EC	time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, APR 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND	time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE	VME 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³, FEB2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY	time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, short term exposure limit 0.2 mg(Pb)/m³ (resp), SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY	time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, short term exposure limit 0.6 mg(Pb)/m³, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - JAPAN	Occupational Exposure Limit 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³, 2B carcinogen, APR2007
Occupational Exposure Limit - MEXICO	time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - NEW ZEALAND	time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³ (dust and fume), JAN2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY	time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES	time-weighted average 0.15 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND	MAC(time-weighted average) 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA	time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³, JUN2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN	time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³ (total dust); time-weighted average 0.5 mg(Pb)/m³ (resp. dust), JUN2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND	MAK- week 0.1 mg(Pb)/m³; KZG- week 0.8 mg(Pb)/m³, DEC2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND	time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY	time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Pb)/m³, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN	American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value; time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³
Occupational Exposure Limit IN SINGAPORE, VIETNAM	American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 0.05 mg(Pb)/m³

NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
ORGANIZATION	STANDARD or SURVEY	REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO LEAD, INORGANIC-air	10 hour time-weighted average <0.1 mg(Pb)/m³	NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974	National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 84544; Number of Industries 17; Total Number of Facilities 384; Number of Occupations 17; Total Number of Employees Exposed 3,376
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983	National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 84544; Number of Industries 16; Total Number of Facilities 884; Number of Occupations 29; Total Number of Employees Exposed 21,708; Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 5,892

STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
ORGANIZATION	REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as electrodes in batteries and in the manufacture of dyes and rubber substitutes
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001

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
EQSSDX	Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued.
NIOSH*	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
VCVN1*	"Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Neorganicheskie soedinenia elementov I-IV groopp" (Hazardous substances. Inornanic substances containing I-IV group elements), Filov V.A., Chimia, 1988.