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MSDS  : Asbestos, amosite
CAS  : 12172-73-5
SYNONYMS  : * Amosite asbestos * Asbestos * Mysorite * NCI C60253A
*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER : CI6477000
CHEMICAL NAME : Asbestos, amosite
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 12172-73-5
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 45
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Mutagen
Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Amosite asbestos
* Asbestos
* Mysorite
* NCI C60253A

*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***

** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **

TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 47 mg/m3/2H/6W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - phosphatases
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - other hydrolases
REFERENCE :
TXCYAC Toxicology. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,1,1989

** TUMORIGENIC DATA **

TYPE OF TEST : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 11 mg/m3/2Y-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer. (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,252,1974

TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrapleural
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 80 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,143,1982

TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intratracheal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 12 mg/kg/12W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,143,1982

TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Implant
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC)
V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,965,1981

TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 80 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
ENVRAL Environmental Research. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St.,
Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,277,1984

TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2400 mg/kg/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For
publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,566,1968

TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Multiple routes
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION : 290 gm/kg/35W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Tumorigenic - facilitates action of known carcinogen
REFERENCE :
ANYAA9 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. (New York Academy of
Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021) V.1- 1877-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 132,456,1965

TYPE OF TEST : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrapleural
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer. (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
28,173,1973

TYPE OF TEST : TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 12 mg/m3/13W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
RRCRBU Recent Results in Cancer Research. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.,
Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094) V.1- 1965-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,37,1972

TYPE OF TEST : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrapleural
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - bronchiogenic carcinoma
REFERENCE :
JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC) V.1-60,
1940-78. For publisher information, see JJIND8. Volume(issue)/page/year:
48,797,1972

TYPE OF TEST : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrapleural
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer. (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,567,1969

TYPE OF TEST : TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/m3/52W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
IAPUDO IARC Publications. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave.,
Albany, NY 12210) No.27- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,285,1980

TYPE OF TEST : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrapleural
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
REFERENCE :
JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC)
V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 79,797,1987

** MUTATION DATA **

TYPE OF TEST : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION : 25 gm/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 261,9,1991

TYPE OF TEST : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION : 3 mg/m3
REFERENCE :
CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK) V.1- 1980-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,891,1988

TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 125 mg/L
REFERENCE :
TIVIEQ Toxicology In Vitro. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview
Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,71,1987

TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
CSHCAL Cold Spring Harbor Conferences on Cell Proliferation. (Cold Spring
Harbor, NY) V.1-10, 1974-83. Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,941,1977

TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
JEPTDQ Journal of Environmental Pathology and Toxicology. (Park Forest
South, IL) V.1-5(3), 1977-81(?). For publisher information, see JEPOEC.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 4(2-3),373,1980

TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 68,265,1979

*** REVIEWS ***

ACGIH TLV-Confirmed human carcinogen
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997

ACGIH TLV-STEL 0.5 fiber/cc, longer than 5 um
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
(BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996 Volume(issue)/page/year:
TLV/BEI,1997

IARC Cancer Review:Human Sufficient Evidence
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,17,1973

IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,17,1973

IARC Cancer Review:Human Sufficient Evidence
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,11,1977

IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence
IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,11,1977

IARC Cancer Review:Group 1
IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49
Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) No.1- 1979- Volume(issue)/page/year:
7,106,1987

TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
31BYAP "Experimental Lung Cancer: Carcinogenesis and Bioassays,
International Symposium, 1974," Karbe, E., and J.F. Park, eds.,
Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 1974 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,93,1974

*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***

MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 5 fb/cc (fb > 5 um)
DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in
Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,33,1973

OSHA-cancer hazard
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1001,1987

*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***

OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 fiber/ml JAN 1993

OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 fiber/ml JAN 1993

OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 fiber/ml JAN 1993

OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.6 fiber/ml/10M JAN 1993

OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV

OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO ASBESTOS-air:100M TWA 0.1 fb/cc in a 400L air sample
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

*** STATUS IN U.S. ***

EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat

EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: TRP reversion

EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies

EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

NIOSH Analytical Method, 1994: Asbestos (bulk) by PLM, 9002; by PCM, 7400;
by TEM, 7402

NTP Carcinogenesis Studies (feed);no evidence:hamster
NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series. (Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206- Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-249,83

NTP Carcinogenesis Studies (feed);no evidence:rat
NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series. (Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206- Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-279,90

NTP 7th Annual Report on Carcinogens, 1992 : known to be carcinogenic


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