RTECS NUMBER : OW5750000
CHEMICAL NAME : Mercury, (methanethiolato)methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 25310-48-9
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 18
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C2-H6-Hg-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 262.73
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1S-HG-1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Organometallic
Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Mercury methylmercury sulfide
* Mercury, methyl(methylthio)-
* (Methanethiolato)methylmercury
* Methyl methylmercuric sulfide
* Methyl(methylthio)mercury
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 75 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : lactating female 1-15 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
REFERENCE :
SSHZAS Seishin Shinkeigaku Zasshi. Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology.
(Nippon Seishin Shinkei Gakkai, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan) V.39-
1935- Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,506,1969
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 16 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 1-8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
KUIZAR Kumamoto Igakkai Zasshi. Journal of the Kumamoto Medical Society.
(Kumamoto Igakkai, c/o Kumamoto Daigaku Igakubu, 2-1, 2-chome Honjo-machi,
Kumamoto, Japan) V.1- 1925- Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,506,1967
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3; STEL 0.03 mg/m3
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
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.001 ppm (0.01 mg(Hg)/m3)
DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in
Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,22,1973
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.02 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.04 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin 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 MERCURY, ORGANO-air:TWA 0.01 mg/m3;STEL 0.03 mg/m3 (Sk)
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
*** END OF RECORD ***
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