The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Carbon

RTECS #: FF5250100

CAS #: 7440-44-0

UPDATE: August 2003 MW: 12.01 MF: C


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. Acticarbone
  2. Activated carbon
  3. AG 5
  4. AG 3 (Adsorbent)
  5. AG 5 (Adsorbent)
  6. AK (Adsorbent)
  7. Amoco PX 21
  8. Anthrasorb
  9. AR 3
  10. ART 2
  11. AU 3
  12. BAU
  13. BG 6080
  14. Canesorb
  15. Carbon - 12
  16. Carbopol Extra
  17. Carbopol M
  18. Carbopol Z 4
  19. Carbopol Z Extra
  20. Carbosieve
  21. Carbosorbit R
  22. Cecarbon
  23. CF 8
  24. CF 8 (Carbon)
  25. CLF II
  26. CMB 50
  27. CMB 200
  28. Colgon BPL
  29. Colgon PCB - D
  30. Colgon PCB 12X30
  1. Coke powder
  2. Columbia LCK
  3. CUZ 3
  4. CWN 2
  5. Darco
  6. Filtrasorb
  7. Filtrasorb 200
  8. Filtrasorb 400
  9. Grosafe
  10. Hydrodarco
  11. Irgalite 1104
  12. Jado
  13. K 257
  14. MA 100 (Carbon)
  15. Norit
  16. Nuchar
  17. OU - B
  18. Pelikan C 11/1431a
  19. SKG
  20. SKT
  21. SKT (adsorbent)
  22. SU 2000
  23. Suchar 681
  24. Supersorbon IV
  25. Supersorbon S 1
  26. U 02
  27. Watercarb
  28. Witcarb 940
  29. XE 340
  30. XF 4175L


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
subcutaneous
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 167 mg/kg (8 day pregnant) Reproductive: Effects on fertility: Post- implantation mortality (e.g., dead and/or resorbed implants per total number of implants) TJADAB 4,327,1971


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
intraperitoneal
dog 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
intraperitoneal
mouse 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
intraperitoneal
rat 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
intravenous
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 440 mg/kg N/R TXAPA9 24,497,1973
oral
dog 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
oral
mouse 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
oral
rat 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
subcutaneous
dog 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
subcutaneous
mouse 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992
subcutaneous
rat 		lethal dose : >5 gm/kg N/R YAKUD5 34,416,1992


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION FEREAC 54,7740,1989
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1998 STATUS OF PESTICIDES: RED Completed RBREV* -,299,1998
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD NUISANCE PARTICULATES DTLVS* 3,122,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 15 mg/m3, total dust CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 5 mg/m3, respirable fraction CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 15 mg/m3, total dust CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 5 mg/m3, respirable fraction CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 15 mg/m3, total dust CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 5 mg/m3, respirable fraction CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 6 mg/m3 (resp. dust), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 6 mg/m3 (resp. dust), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN time-weighted average 3 mg/m3 (dust), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 2.5 mg/m3 (resp. dust), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 5 mg/m3 (inhalable dust), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 10 mg/m3, graphite, total inhalable dust, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 4 mg/m3, graphite, respirable dust, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 80243;
Number of Industries 397;
Total Number of Facilities 89,481;
Number of Occupations 184;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 762,484
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X3261;
Number of Industries 5;
Total Number of Facilities 363;
Number of Occupations 11;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 3,210;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 772
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X9503;
Number of Industries 3;
Total Number of Facilities 29;
Number of Occupations 8;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 1,427;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 1,011
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 80243;
Number of Industries 261;
Total Number of Facilities 36,693;
Number of Occupations 131;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 467,337;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 21,198


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used in the production of rubber
EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


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
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936-
RBREV* Status of Pesticides in Registration, Reregistration, and Special Review (Rainbow Report), Special Review and Reregistration Division Office of Pesticide Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, Spring 1998
TJADAB Teratology, The International Journal of Abnormal Development. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.1- 1968-
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959-
YAKUD5 Gekkan Yakuji. Pharmaceuticals Monthly. (Yakugyo Jihosha, Inaoka Bldg., 2-36 Jinbo-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan) V.1- 1959-

Used in the production of rubber

NIOSH PROFILE (RUBBER MANUFACTURING, SYNTHETIC), SRI, 2/77

NIOSH PROFILE (RUBBER MANUFACTURING, SYNTHETIC), FIRL, 4/78

RTECS Compound Description:
   Reproductive Effector

ALT CAS #: 82600-58-6
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