MERBROMIN NEW

• MOLECULAR FORMULA :

• C20-H8-Br2-Hg-O6.2Na

• MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

• 750.67

• WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

• T C666 BO EVJ D-HG-Q FE IR BVQ& LE MQ &-NA- 2

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

• TYPE OF TEST :

• LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

• ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

• Intraperitoneal

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - mouse

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 200 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 :

• Subcutaneous

• SPECIES OBSERVED :

• Rodent - mouse

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 20 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 :

• 50 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 :

• Rodent - rabbit

• DOSE/DURATION :

• 15 mg/kg

• TOXIC EFFECTS :

• Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Behavioral - muscle weakness Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation

MUTATION DATA

• TYPE OF TEST :

• Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction

• TEST SYSTEM :

• Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• REFERENCE :

• EVHPAZ EHP, Environmental Health Perspectives. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) No.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,97,1979 *** REVIEWS *** TOXICOLOGY REVIEW SDGTB3 Seminars in Drug Treatment. (New York, NY) V.1-3, 1971-74. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,177,1971 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO MERCURY, ARYL AND INORGANIC-air:CL 0.1 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 NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 44650 No. of Facilities: 586 (estimated) No. of Industries: 5 No. of Occupations: 10 No. of Employees: 7896 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 44650 No. of Facilities: 372 (estimated) No. of Industries: 3 No. of Occupations: 6 No. of Employees: 5294 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 3955 (estimated)