The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Tin

RTECS #: XP7320000

CAS #: 7440-31-5

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 118.69 MF: Sn


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. Tin flake
  2. Silver matt powder
  3. Tin (ACGIH:OSHA)
  1. Tin (alpha)
  2. Tin powder
  3. Zinn (German)


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
implant
mouse 		lowest published toxic dose: 840 gm/kg Tumorigenic: Equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria

Tumorigenic: Tumors at site of application 		RCOCB8 18,201,1977
implant
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 395 gm/kg Tumorigenic: Equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria

Tumorigenic: Tumors at site of application 		RCOCB8 18,201,1977


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
unreported route
human 		lowest published toxic dose: 250 mg/kg Gastrointestinal: Hypermotility, diarrhea

Gastrointestinal: Nausea or vomiting 		VCVN1* -,408,1988


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 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 2 mg/m3 DTLVS* 3,257,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 2 mg(Sn)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 2 mg(Sn)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 2 mg(Sn)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 2 mg(Sn)/m3 CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Sn)/m3, Skin, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 2 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 2 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 2 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 2 gm/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 2 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 2 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 1 mg/m3, short term exposure limit 2 mg/m3, Skin, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC-TGG 2 mg/m3, 2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 1 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 2 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND time-weighted average 2 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 2 mg/m3, KZG- week 4 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND time-weighted average 2 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 2 mg(Sn)/m3, short term exposure limit 4 mg(Sn)/m3, SEP2000
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
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
time-weighted average 2 mg/m3


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO TIN, inorganic compounds (as Sn)-air 10 hour time-weighted average 2 mg/m3 NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 73075;
Number of Industries 75;
Total Number of Facilities 5,511;
Number of Occupations 65;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 50,933
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X5926;
Number of Industries 4;
Total Number of Facilities 40;
Number of Occupations 6;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 770;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 203
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X5989;
Number of Industries 2;
Total Number of Facilities 29;
Number of Occupations 4;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 1,982;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 725
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X7523;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 41;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 122
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 73075;
Number of Industries 252;
Total Number of Facilities 46,832;
Number of Occupations 131;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 748,577;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 237,405


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
ATSDR TOXICOLOGY PROFILE (NTIS** PB/93/110864/AS)
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as protective coatings and alloys
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001
NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Metals in urine, 8310
OSHA ANALYTICAL METHOD #ID206


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.
RCOCB8 Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. (PJD Pub. Ltd., P.O. Box 966, Westbury, NY 11590) V.1- 1970-
VCVN1* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Neorganicheskie soedinenia elementov I-IV groopp" (Hazardous substances. Inornanic substances containing I-IV group elements), Filov V.A., Chimia, 1988.

Used as protective coatings and alloys

NIOSH PROFILE (PRINTING INDUSTRY), SRC, 10/77

NIOSH PROFILE (SOLDER, MANUFACTURE AND USE), FIRL, 4/78

RTECS Compound Description:
   Tumorigen
   Human Data

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