The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Manganese dioxide

RTECS #: OP0350000

CAS #: 1313-13-9

UPDATE: May 2004 MW: 86.94 MF: MnO2


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. C.I. 77728
  2. C.I. Pigment Black 14
  3. C.I. Pigment Brown 8
  4. Cement Black
  5. Mangaanbioxyde (Dutch)
  6. Mangaandioxyde (Dutch)
  7. Mangandioxid (German)
  8. Manganese binoxide
  9. Manganese (biossido di) (Italian)
  10. Manganese (bioxyd de) (French)
  11. Manganese Black
  1. Manganese (diossido di) (Italian)
  2. Manganese peroxide
  3. Manganese superoxide
  4. Manganese (dioxyde de) (French)
  5. Black manganese oxide
  6. BOG manganese
  7. Braunstein (German)
  8. Bruinsteen (Dutch)
  9. Manganese (IV) oxide
  10. Pyrolusite Brown


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
inhalation
mouse 		lowest published toxic concentration: 49 mg/m3/7 hour (75 day prior to copulation/1-18 day pregnant) Reproductive: Effects on newborn: Growth statistics (e.g., reduced weight gain)

Reproductive: Effects on newborn: Behavioral 		FEPRA7 39,623,1980


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
intratracheal
rat 		lowest published lethal dose: 50 mg/kg Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Emphysema

Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Acute pulmonary edema 		GISAAA 20(1),25,1955
intravenous
rabbit 		lowest published lethal dose: 45 mg/kg N/R 85KYAH 11,899,1989
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): >3,478 mg/kg N/R EVHPAZ 10,95,1975
subcutaneous
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 422 mg/kg N/R ZVKOA6 19,186,1974


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
inhalation
monkey 		lowest published toxic concentration: 0.6 mg/m3/1 hour/17 week- intermittent Behavioral: Tremor

Behavioral: Excitement

Behavioral: Change in motor activity (specific assay) 		VCVN5* -,411,1989
inhalation
rat 		lowest published toxic concentration: 1,800 µg/m3/24 hour/35 day- continuous Brain and Coverings: Recordings from specific areas of CNS

Blood: Changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)

Biochemical: Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels: True cholinesterase 		GISAAA 49(12),53,1984
inhalation
rat 		lowest published toxic concentration: 7 mg/m3/24 hour/34 week- continuous Behavioral: Alteration of classical conditioning VCVN5* -,411,1989
intramuscular
human 		lowest published toxic dose: 21 µg/m3/5.3 year- intermittent Behavioral: Change in psychophysiological tests

Nutritional and Gross Metabolic: Changes in: Fe 		BJIMAG 49,25,1992
subcutaneous
monkey 		lowest published toxic dose: 150 mg/kg/3 week- intermittent Behavioral: Change in motor activity (specific assay) VCVN5* -,411,1989
subcutaneous
mouse 		lowest published toxic dose: 6,000 mg/kg/12 day- intermittent Related to Chronic Data: Death in the "MULTIPLE DOSE" data type field VCVN5* -,411,1989


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Mn)/m3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
AMRL** TR-73-125,1973
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
85DHAX Mn,1,1973


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air ceiling concentration 5 mg(Mn)/m3 DTLVS* 3,149,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) ceiling concentration 5 mg(Mn)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) ceiling concentration 5 mg(Mn)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) ceiling concentration 5 mg(Mn)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) ceiling concentration 5 mg(Mn)/m3 CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 5 mg(Mn)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 5 mg(Mn)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 2.5 mg(Mn)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 0.5 mg(Mn)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 0.3 mg(Mn)/m3, short term exposure limit 0.6 mg(Mn)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - JAPAN Occupational Exposure Limit 0.3 mg(Mn)/m3, respirable dust, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 2.5 mg(Mn)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND MAC(time-weighted average) 0.3 mg(Mn)/m3, MAC( continuous) 5 mg(Mn)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN NGV 1 mg(Mn)/m3, TGV 2.5 mg(Mn)/m3 (resp. dust), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN NGV 2.5 mg(Mn)/m3, TGV 5 mg(Mn)/m3 (total dust), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 5 mg(Mn)/m3, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Mn)/m3
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
time-weighted average 0.2 mg(Mn)/m3


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 44030;
Number of Industries 48;
Total Number of Facilities 3,820;
Number of Occupations 60;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 53,685
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 44030;
Number of Industries 41;
Total Number of Facilities 3,347;
Number of Occupations 50;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 71,963;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 15,526


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as depolarizer for dry cell batteries, also used for production of manganese metal
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
85DHAX "Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants Series," Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, 1972-77
85KYAH "Merck Index; an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals", 11th ed., Rahway, NJ 07065, Merck & Co., Inc. 1989
AMRL** Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory Report. (Aerospace Technical Div., Air Force Systems Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433)
BJIMAG British Journal of Industrial Medicine. (British Medical Journal, Box 560B, Kennebunkport, ME 04046) V.1- 1944-
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
EVHPAZ EHP, Environmental Health Perspectives. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) No.1- 1972-
FEPRA7 Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD) V.1-46, 1942-87.
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
VCVN5* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Neorganicheskie soedinenia elementov V-VII groopp" (Hazardous substances. Inornanic substances containing V-VII group elements), Bandman A.L. et al., Chimia, 1989.
ZVKOA6 Zhurnal Vsesoyuznogo Khimicheskogo Obshchestva im. D.I. Mendeleeva. Journal of the D.I. Mendeleeva All-Union Chemical Society. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.5- 1960-

Used as depolarizer for dry cell batteries, also used for production of manganese metal

NIOSH PROFILE (IRON AND STEEL FOUNDRIES), SRC, 14/77

NIOSH PROFILE (MANGANESE AND ITS COMPOUNDS), SRC, 4/82

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