Magnesium chloride NEW

• MOLECULAR FORMULA :

• Cl2-Mg

• MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

• 95.21

• WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

• MG G2

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Oral

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - rat

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 2800 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Cardiac - other changes Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Intraperitoneal

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - rat

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 225 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Cardiac - other changes Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Subcutaneous

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - rat

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 900 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Oral

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - mouse

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 4700 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Intraperitoneal

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - mouse

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 342 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Intravenous

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - mouse

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 14 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Intravenous

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Mammal - dog

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 229 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Cardiac - arrhythmias (including changes in conduction) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Intramuscular

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Mammal - species unspecified

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 1 gm/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

• TYPE OF TEST :

• TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Oral

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - mouse

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 114 mg/kg/13W-I

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Liver - changes in liver weight Endocrine - changes in spleen weight

• TYPE OF TEST :

• Unscheduled DNA synthesis

MUTATION DATA

• TYPE OF TEST :

• Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified

• TEST SYSTEM :

• Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 4 mmol/L

• REFERENCE :

• AMOKAG Acta Medicia Okayama. (Okayama Univ. Medical School, Okayama, Japan) V.27 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,141,1979 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,7740,1989 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 43360 No. of Facilities: 2931 (estimated) No. of Industries: 44 No. of Occupations: 37 No. of Employees: 37111 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 43360 No. of Facilities: 8597 (estimated) No. of Industries: 89 No. of Occupations: 99 No. of Employees: 258526 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 138531 (estimated)