The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Arsenic acid, magnesium salt

RTECS #: CG1050000

CAS #: 10103-50-1

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 312.12 MF: AsH3O4•xMg


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  3. OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA:
  4. REVIEWS:
  5. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  6. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  7. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  8. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Arseniate de magnesium (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
oral
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 315 mg/kg N/R IRGGAJ 20,21,1963
oral
rat 		lowest published lethal dose: 280 mg/kg N/R TXAPA9 1,156,1959
oral
rabbit 		lowest published lethal dose: 80 mg/kg Gastrointestinal: Nausea or vomiting

Behavioral: Food intake (animal)

Behavioral: Somnolence (general depressed activity) 		AIHAAP 19,504,1958


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
oral
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 1,680 mg/kg/4 week- intermittent Blood: Changes in cell count (unspecified)

Related to Chronic Data: Death in the "MULTIPLE DOSE" data type field 		AIHAAP 19,504,1958
oral
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 2,100 mg/kg/38 day- intermittent Gastrointestinal: Hypermotility, diarrhea AIHAAP 19,504,1958


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 0.01 mg(As)/m3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1997
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value Confirmed human carcinogen DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 0.5 mg(As)/m3 DTLVS* 3,16,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cancer hazard CFRGBR 29,1910.1018,1987
Occupational Exposure Limit - ARAB Republic of Egypt time-weighted average 0.2 mg(As)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 0.05 mg(As)/m3, Carcinogen, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 0.2 mg(As)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 0.05 mg(As)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND Carcinogen, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 0.2 mg(As)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY short term exposure limit 0.5 mg(As)/m3, Carcinogen, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - INDIA time-weighted average 0.2 mg(As)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 0.01 mg(As)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 0.5 mg(As)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND MAC(time-weighted average) 0.01 mg(As)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN NGV 0.03 mg(As)/m3, Carcinogen, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.1 mg(As)/m3, Carcinogen, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND time-weighted average 0.5 mg(As)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY time-weighted average 0.5 mg(As)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 0.1 mg(As)/m3, Carcinogen, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

Confirmed human carcinogen
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
Confirmed human carcinogen


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO ARSENIC, INORGANIC-air Carcinogen ceiling concentration 0.002 mg(As)/m3/15 minute NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
NIOSH CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 14, 1976
NTP 10th Report on Carcinogens,2002:Known to be a human carcinogen


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958-
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
IRGGAJ Internationales Archiv fuer Gewerbepathologie und Gewerbehygiene. (Heidelberg, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.19-25, 1962-69. For publisher information, see IAEHDW.
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959-

RTECS Compound Description:
   Agricultural Chemical

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