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Chlorobromomethane																				Related Pages
										May 1994
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH)
**CAS number:** 74–97–5
**NIOSH REL:** 200 ppm (1,050 mg/m3) TWA
**Current OSHA PEL:** 200 ppm (1,050 mg/m3) TWA
**1989 OSHA PEL:** Same as current PEL
**1993-1994 ACGIH TLV:** 200 ppm (1,060 mg/m3) TWA
**Description of Substance:** Colorless to pale-yellow liquid with a chloroform-like odor.
**LEL:** . . Noncombustible Liquid
**Original (SCP) IDLH:** 5,000 ppm
**Basis for original (SCP) IDLH:** Patty [1963] reported that light narcosis could be produced in animals at 3,000 ppm, and pulmonary edema and deaths during exposure at 27,000 ppm; delayed deaths occurred after exposure to 20,000 ppm [Comstock et al. 1953]. Patty [1963] also reported that guinea pigs survived 1-hour exposures but 1 of 3 guinea pigs died after 2-hour exposures to 8,000 to 10,000 ppm [Matson and Dufour 1948]. NIOSH [1974] cited 1,550 ppm as the mouse LCLO [Svirbely et al. 1947]. Scheel (member of the Standards Completion Program Respirator Committee), in an evaluation of the work of Van Stee [1974], determined a cardiac toxicity concentration for chlorobromomethane of 7,000 ppm. Based on an evaluation of the toxicological data cited above, an IDLH of 5,000 ppm was chosen.
**Short-term exposure guidelines:** None developed
**ACUTE TOXICITY DATA**
**Lethal concentration data:**

**Species**
    **Reference**
    **LC50** **(ppm)**
    **LCLo** **(ppm)**
    **Time**
    **Adjusted 0.5-hr** **LC (CF*)**
    **Derived** **value**Rat RatMouseG. pigG. pigMouse
    Comstock et al. 1952 Comstock and Oberst 1953Comstock and Oberst 1953Matson and Dufour 1948Matson and Dufour 1948Svirbely et al. 1947
    ----- ----------LC67: 27,000LC67: 27,0003,000
    28,800 29,00027,000---------------
    15 min 15 min15 min2 hr2 hr7 hr
    18,720 ppm (0.65) 18,850 ppm (0.65)17,550 ppm (0.65)47,600 ppm (2.38)19,040 ppm (2.38)15,600 ppm (5.2)
    1,872 ppm 1,885 ppm1,755 ppm4,760 ppm1,904 ppm1,560 ppm
 *Note: Conversion factor (CF) was determined with "n" = 1.6 [ten Berge et al. 1986].
 **Lethal dose data:**
 
 **Species**
    **Reference**
    **Route**
    **LD50** **(mg/kg)**
    **LDLo** **(mg/kg)**
    **Adjusted LD**
    **Derived value**Rat Mouse
    Deichmann and Gerarde 1969 Svirbely et al. 1947
    oral oral
    5,000 4,300
    ----- -----
    6,506 ppm 5,595 ppm
    651 ppm 560 ppm
 **Human data:** None relevant for use in determining the revised IDLH.
 
 **Revised IDLH:** 2,000 ppm **Basis for revised IDLH:** The revised IDLH for chlorobromomethane is 2,000 ppm based on acute inhalation toxicity data in animals [Comstock et al. 1952; Comstock and Oberst 1953; Matson and Dufour 1948]. This may be a conservative value due to the lack of relevant acute toxicity data for workers.
**REFERENCES:**
1. Comstock C, Fogleman RW, Oberst FW [1953]. Acute narcotic effects of monochloro-monobromomethane vapor in rats. AMA Arch Ind Hyg Occup Med *7*:526-528.
2. Comstock CC, MacNamee JK, Ozburn EE, Fogelman RW, Oberst FW [1952]. Monochloro-monobromomethane: inhalation toxicity, pathology, and symptomatology in rats and mice. Army Chemical Center, MD: Chemical Corps Medical Laboratories, Research Report #113.
3. Comstock CC, Oberst FW [1953]. Comparative inhalation toxicities of four halogenated hydrocarbons to rats and mice in the presence of gasoline fires. AMA Arch Ind Hyg Occup Med *7*:157-167.
4. Deichmann WB, Gerarde HW [1969]. Methylene chlorobromide (bromochloromethane). In: Toxicology of drugs and chemicals. New York, NY: Academic Press, Inc., pp. 390-391.
5. Matson AF, Dufour RE [1948]. The life hazards and nature of the products formed when chlorobromomethane extinguisher liquid is applied to fires. Chicago, Il: Underwriter’s Laboratories Inc., Bulletin of Research No. 42, p. 19.
6. NIOSH [1974]. PA52500. Bromochloromethane. In: The toxic substances list, 1974 ed. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 74-134, p. 476.
7. Patty FA, ed. [1963]. Industrial hygiene and toxicology. 2nd rev. ed. Vol. II. Toxicology. New York, NY: Interscience Publishers, Inc., pp. 1271-1272.
8. Svirbely JL, Highman B, Alford WC, von Oettingen WF [1947]. The toxicity and narcotic action of mono-chloro-mono-bromo-methane with special reference to inorganic and volatile bromide in blood, urine and brain. J Ind Hyg Toxicol *29*:382-389.
9. ten Berge WF, Zwart A, Appelman LM [1986]. Concentration-time mortality response relationship of irritant and systematically acting vapours and gases. J Haz Mat *13*:301-309.
10. Van Stee EW [1974]. A review of the toxicology of halogenated fire extinguishing agents. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: Aerospace Medical Division, Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, AMRL-TR-74-143.

			
							
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