The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Carbon tetrabromide

RTECS #: FG4725000

CAS #: 558-13-4

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 331.65 MF: CBr4


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. Carbon bromide
  2. Bromid uhlicity (Czech)
  3. Carbon tetrabromide (ACGIH)
  1. Methane, tetrabromide
  2. Methane, tetrabromo -
  3. Tetrabromomethane


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
intravenous
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 56 mg/kg N/R CSLNX* NX#01612
oral
rat 		lethal dose : 3 gm/kg N/R VCVGH* -,583,1990
subcutaneous
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 298 mg/kg N/R TXAPA9 4,354,1962


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 0.1 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2002
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 0.1 ppm;short term exposure limit 0.3 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value short term exposure limit 0.3 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2002


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (1.4 mg/m3), short term exposure limit 0.3 ppm, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (1.4 mg/m3), short term exposure limit 0.3 ppm, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (1.4 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (1.4 mg/m3), short term exposure limit 0.4 ppm, Skin, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 0.1 ppm (1.4 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (1.4 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.1 ppm (1.4 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC-TGG 1.4 mg/m3, 2003
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

short term exposure limit 0.3 ppm
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
short term exposure limit 0.3 ppm


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO CARBON TETRABROMIDE-air 10 hour time-weighted average 0.1 ppm;
short term exposure limit 0.3 ppm 		NIOSH* DHHS #95-121,1995
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X4014;
Number of Industries 2;
Total Number of Facilities 34;
Number of Occupations 4;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 2,703;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 459


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals. (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
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-
VCVGH* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva, galogenproisvodnie uglevodorodov". (Hazardous substances: Galogenated hydrocarbons) Bandman A.L. et al., Chimia, 1990.

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