Lead dioxide

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

O2-Pb

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

239.19

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

PB O2

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - guinea pig

DOSE/DURATION :

220 mg/kg

REFERENCE :

EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3; animal carcinogen DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year: TLV/BEI,1997 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.04 mg(Pb)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.005 ppm (0.01 mg(Pb)/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.05 mg(Pb)/m3 (resp. dust) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.2 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.2 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.15 mg(Pb)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO LEAD, INORGANIC-air:10H TWA <0.1 mg(Pb)/m3 REFERENCE : NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda. Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992 NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 84544 No. of Facilities: 384 (estimated) No. of Industries: 17 No. of Occupations: 17 No. of Employees: 3376 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 84544 No. of Facilities: 884 (estimated) No. of Industries: 16 No. of Occupations: 29 No. of Employees: 21708 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 5892 (estimated)