The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

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RTECS #: MD9659600

CAS #: 7782-42-5

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 12.01 MF: C


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. AG 1500
  2. AS 1
  3. AT 20
  4. ATJ - S
  5. ATJ - S graphite
  6. Aerodag G
  7. Aquadag
  8. Black lead
  9. C.I. 77265
  10. C.I. Pigment Black 10
  11. CB 50
  12. CPB 5000
  13. Canlub
  14. Ceylon Black Lead
  15. DC 2
  16. EG 0
  17. EXP - F
  18. Electrographite
  19. Fortafil 5Y
  20. GK 2
  21. GK 3
  22. GP 60
  23. GP 60S
  24. GP 63
  25. GS 2
  26. GY 70
  27. Grafoil
  28. Grafoil GTA
  1. Graphite (all forms except graphite fibers)
  2. Graphite, all forms except graphite fibers
  3. Graphite, natural (OSHA)
  4. Graphnol N 3M
  5. H 451
  6. Hitco HMG 50
  7. IG 11
  8. Korobon
  9. MG 1
  10. MPG 6
  11. Mineral carbon
  12. PG 50
  13. Papyex
  14. Plumbago
  15. Plumbago (graphite)
  16. Pyro - Carb 406
  17. Rocol X 7119
  18. S 1
  19. S 1 (Graphite)
  20. SKLN 1
  21. Schungite
  22. Shungite
  23. Silver graphite
  24. Stove Black
  25. Swedish Black Lead
  26. Ucar 38
  27. VVP 66 - 95


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
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


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 2 mg/m3 (R) DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 15 million particles per cubic foot CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 15 million particles per cubic foot CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 20 million particles per cubic foot, respirable dust CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 15 million particles per cubic foot CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 10 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 2.5 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 10 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 2.5 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 5 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 2 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 6 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC-TGG 2 mg/m3, 2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN NGV 5 mg/m3 (dust), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 2.5 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM LTEL 5 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

time-weighted average 2 mg/m3 (R)
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
time-weighted average 2 mg/m3 (R)


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO GRAPHITE, natural-air 10 hour time-weighted average 2.5 mg/m3 NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 17366;
Number of Industries 201;
Total Number of Facilities 17,315;
Number of Occupations 117;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 296,607
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X3264;
Number of Industries 13;
Total Number of Facilities 739;
Number of Occupations 14;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 6,998;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 606
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X9427;
Number of Industries 3;
Total Number of Facilities 43;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 881;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 29
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 17366;
Number of Industries 280;
Total Number of Facilities 47,017;
Number of Occupations 149;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 718,150;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 33,221


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
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
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.

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