RTECS:ZC9850000 The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Wood dust

RTECS #: ZC9850000

CAS #: N/R

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

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:

OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA:

REVIEWS:

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

Wood dust (ACGIH:OSHA)

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
N/R
N/R N/R N/R

OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:
ROUTE/
ORGANISM DOSE
EFFECT

REFERENCE
inhalation
rat lowest published toxic concentration: 1,683.5 mg/kg/13 week- intermittent Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Consolidation

Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Fibrosis (interstitial) VCVPS* -,197,1998
intratracheal
rat lowest published toxic dose: 7,000 mg/kg/4 week- intermittent Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Other changes VCVPS* -,197,1998

REVIEWS:
ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 1 mg/m³ (inhalable) DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value Not classifiable as human carcinogen DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review Animal Inadequate Evidence IMEMDT 62,35,1995
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review Group 1 IMEMDT 62,35,1995
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
ENTOX* -,464,2005

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE

Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA TRK 2 mg/m³ (inhalable), JAN 2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 3 mg/m³ (inhal. dust), MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 2 mg/m³ (total), OCT 2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - EC time-weighted average 5 mg/m³ (inhalable), APR 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 1 mg/m³, FEB2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - JAPAN Occupational Exposure Limit 1 mg/m³ (respirable), 4 mg/m³ (total), APR2007
Occupational Exposure Limit - NEW ZEALAND sen, JAN2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN time-weighted average 2 mg/m³ (inhal. dust), Carcinogen, JUN2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 5 mg/m³, DEC2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY time-weighted average 10 mg/m³ (soft wood), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 5 mg/m³ (sen), 2005
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

Not classifiable as human carcinogen
Occupational Exposure Limit IN SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
Not classifiable as human carcinogen

NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO WOOD DUST, all soft and hard woods-air 10 hour time-weighted average 1 mg/m³ NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992

STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE

NTP 11th Report on Carcinogens,2004:Known to be human carcinogen

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
ENTOX* Encyclopedia of Toxicology: Reference Book, Elsevier, 2005
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972-
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
VCVPS* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Prirodnie organicheskie soedinenia" (Hazardous substances. Nature products.) Volkova N.V. et al., Sankt-Peterburg, 1998.

RTECS Compound Description:
Tumorigen
Natural Product

ALT CAS #: N/R
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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
N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R

OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:
ROUTE/ ORGANISM	DOSE	EFFECT	REFERENCE
inhalation rat	lowest published toxic concentration: 1,683.5 mg/kg/13 week- intermittent	Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Consolidation Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Fibrosis (interstitial)	VCVPS* -,197,1998
intratracheal rat	lowest published toxic dose: 7,000 mg/kg/4 week- intermittent	Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Other changes	VCVPS* -,197,1998

REVIEWS:
ORGANIZATION	STANDARD	REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value	time-weighted average 1 mg/m³ (inhalable)	DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value	Not classifiable as human carcinogen	DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review	Animal Inadequate Evidence	IMEMDT 62,35,1995
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cancer Review	Group 1	IMEMDT 62,35,1995
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW		ENTOX* -,464,2005

STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
ORGANIZATION	STANDARD	REFERENCE
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA	TRK 2 mg/m³ (inhalable), JAN 2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM	time-weighted average 3 mg/m³ (inhal. dust), MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK	time-weighted average 2 mg/m³ (total), OCT 2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - EC	time-weighted average 5 mg/m³ (inhalable), APR 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE	VME 1 mg/m³, FEB2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - JAPAN	Occupational Exposure Limit 1 mg/m³ (respirable), 4 mg/m³ (total), APR2007
Occupational Exposure Limit - NEW ZEALAND	sen, JAN2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN	time-weighted average 2 mg/m³ (inhal. dust), Carcinogen, JUN2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND	MAK- week 5 mg/m³, DEC2006
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY	time-weighted average 10 mg/m³ (soft wood), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM	time-weighted average 5 mg/m³ (sen), 2005
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN	American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value; Not classifiable as human carcinogen
Occupational Exposure Limit IN SINGAPORE, VIETNAM	American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value Not classifiable as human carcinogen

NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
ORGANIZATION	STANDARD or SURVEY	REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO WOOD DUST, all soft and hard woods-air	10 hour time-weighted average 1 mg/m³	NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992

STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
ORGANIZATION	REFERENCE
NTP 11th Report on Carcinogens,2004:Known to be human carcinogen

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
ENTOX*	Encyclopedia of Toxicology: Reference Book, Elsevier, 2005
IMEMDT	IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972-
NIOSH*	National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
VCVPS*	"Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Prirodnie organicheskie soedinenia" (Hazardous substances. Nature products.) Volkova N.V. et al., Sankt-Peterburg, 1998.