The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Iron (III) o - arsenite, pentahydrate

RTECS #: NO4600000

CAS #: 63989-69-5

UPDATE: May 2004 MW: 607.34 MF: As2Fe2O6•Fe2O3•5H2O


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. REVIEWS:
  3. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  4. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  5. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Ferric arsenite, basic


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 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, JAN1999
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 1 mg(Fe)/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 - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.1 mg(As)/m3, Carcinogen, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1 mg(Fe)/m3, 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, 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
N/R


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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