Copper(II) acetate

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C4-H6-O4.Cu

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

181.64

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 :

501 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold

REFERENCE :

INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

14700 ug/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold

REFERENCE :

INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

350 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Musculoskeletal - joints Tumorigenic - active as anti-cancer agent Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - effect on inflammation or mediation of inflammation

REFERENCE :

PMDCAY Progress in Medical Chemistry. (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017) V.1- 1961- Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,211,1977

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

17100 ug/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold

REFERENCE :

INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

196 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold

REFERENCE :

INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

2500 ug/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,771,1981

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

20 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold

REFERENCE :

INJPD2 Indian Journal of Pharmacology. (Dept. of Pharmacology, Baranas Hindu Univ., Varanasi 221 005, India) V.1- 1968(?)- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,153,1991 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

56 mg/kg/7D-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Blood - other changes Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in metals, not otherwise specified Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - other Enzymes

REFERENCE :

BECTA6 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094) V.1- 1966- Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,92,1984 ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

DOSE :

40 mg/kg

SEX/DURATION :

female 7-10 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Fertility - other measures of fertility

REFERENCE :

CRSBAW Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses Filiales. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.1- 1849- Volume(issue)/page/year: 166,1237,1972 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 2 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 0.4 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 02 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1.0 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.5 ppm (1 mg(Cu)/m3) (dust) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (resp. dust) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3;STEL 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg(Cu)/m3 (fume) JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Cu)/m3 JAN 1993 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 84332 No. of Facilities: 139 (estimated) No. of Industries: 4 No. of Occupations: 5 No. of Employees: 565 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 84332 No. of Facilities: 550 (estimated) No. of Industries: 10 No. of Occupations: 13 No. of Employees: 15459 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 10534 (estimated)