Vinyl chloride

DATA ITEMS CITED :

127

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C2-H3-Cl

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

62.50

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

G1U1

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

500 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

DOWCC* Dow Chemical Company Reports. (Dow Chemical USA, Health and Environment Research, Toxicology Research Lab., Midland, MI 48640)

TYPE OF TEST :

LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

18 pph/15M

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - tremor Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression

TYPE OF TEST :

LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

20 pph/30M

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - general anesthetic

TYPE OF TEST :

LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - guinea pig

DOSE/DURATION :

30 pph/30M

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - general anesthetic

TYPE OF TEST :

LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Mammal - species unspecified

DOSE/DURATION :

200 ppm/18M

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

23400 mg/kg/13W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Liver - changes in liver weight Blood - other changes Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - transaminases

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

30 mg/m3/4H/26W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Cardiac - arrhythmias (including changes in conduction) Cardiac - EKG changes not diagnostic of specified effects Cardiac - pulse rate

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

5000 ppm/7H/52W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Liver - changes in liver weight Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight Endocrine - changes in spleen weight

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

400 mg/m3/24H/14W-C

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol) Liver - changes in liver weight

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

28000 ppm/7H/6W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - hepatic microsomal mixed oxidase (dealkylation, hydroxylation, etc.) Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - other transferases

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

2000 ppm/8H/92D-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Liver - changes in liver weight Endocrine - changes in spleen weight Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

DOSE/DURATION :

9 gm/m3/4H/22W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Cardiac - arrhythmias (including changes in conduction) Cardiac - EKG changes not diagnostic of specified effects Cardiac - pulse rate

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

DOSE/DURATION :

30 mg/m3/26W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS Blood - other changes Musculoskeletal - osteoporosis

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Human - man

DOSE/DURATION :

200 ppm/14Y-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Liver - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

3463 mg/kg/52W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Liver - tumors Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - Kidney tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

1 ppm/4H/52W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

10000 ppm/4H female 12-18 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Reproductive - Tumorigenic effects - transplacental tumorigenesis Endocrine - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

21 mg/kg/65W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors Gastrointestinal - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

21 mg/kg/67W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

50 ppm/30W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Vascular - tumors Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - hamster

DOSE/DURATION :

50 ppm/4H/30W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

50 ppm/7H/26W-C

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Vascular - tumors Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

100 ppm/7H/26W-C

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Liver - tumors Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

50 ppm/47W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors Liver - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

34 gm/kg/3Y-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Liver - angiosarcoma Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - Kidney tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

50 ppm/6H/4W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

50 ppm/4H/30W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Liver - tumors Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

250 ppm/2Y-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Sense Organs and Special Senses (Ear) - effect, not otherwise specified Liver - angiosarcoma

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Human

DOSE/DURATION :

300 mg/m3/W-C

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Blood - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

5 ppm/4H/52W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

50 ppm/6H/43W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

30 mg/m3

SEX/DURATION :

male 5 year(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material, sperm morphology, motility, and count)

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

100 ppm/6H

SEX/DURATION :

male 26 week(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

500 ppm/7H

SEX/DURATION :

female 6-15 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus)

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

1500 ppm/24H

SEX/DURATION :

female 1-9 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants)

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

500 ppm/7H

SEX/DURATION :

female 6-15 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

250 ppm/6H

SEX/DURATION :

female 55 day(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - female fertility index (e.g. # females pregnant per # sperm positive females; # females pregnant per # females mated)

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

30000 ppm/6H

SEX/DURATION :

male 5 day(s) pre-mating

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - pre-implantation mortality (e.g. reduction in number of implants per female; total number of implants per corpora lutea)

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

500 ppm/7H

SEX/DURATION :

female 6-15 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

DOSE :

500 ppm/7H

SEX/DURATION :

female 6-18 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - litter size (e.g. # fetuses per litter; measured before birth) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system

TYPE OF TEST :

Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction

TYPE OF TEST :

Morphological transformation

TYPE OF TEST :

DNA adduct

TYPE OF TEST :

DNA damage

TYPE OF TEST :

DNA inhibition

TYPE OF TEST :

Cytogenetic analysis

TYPE OF TEST :

Micronucleus test

TYPE OF TEST :

Cytogenetic analysis

TYPE OF TEST :

Cytogenetic analysis

TYPE OF TEST :

Sister chromatid exchange

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Mutation in mammalian somatic cells

TEST SYSTEM :

Rodent - hamster Ovary

REFERENCE :

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Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,31,1973 OSHA PEL (Construc):see CFR 29,1926.1117 CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1926.55,1994 OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 500 ppm (13 mg/m3) CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,50-204.50,1994 OSHA-cancer suspect agent CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,1910.1017,1987 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 2.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 5 ppm (10 mg/m3);Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 5 ppm (13 mg/m3);Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 ppm (3 mg/m3);Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 5 ppm (15 mg/m3);STEL 10 ppm (30 mg/m3);Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 ppm (3 mg/m3);Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 10 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-JAPAN:STEL 2.5 ppm;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 50 ppm (100 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-POLAND:TWA 30 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 2.5 ppm (5 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 1 ppm (2.5 mg/m3);STEL 5 ppm (13 mg/m3);Skin;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 ppm (5.2 mg/m3);Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 ppm (2.8 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 500 ppm (1300 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 7 mg/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 VINYL CHLORIDE-air:CA lowest feasible concentration 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 - 76445 No. of Facilities: 1459 (estimated) No. of Industries: 22 No. of Occupations: 36 No. of Employees: 29836 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 76445 No. of Facilities: 3711 (estimated) No. of Industries: 63 No. of Occupations: 59 No. of Employees: 81314 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 28398 (estimated)