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Dieldrin																				Related Pages
										May 1994
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH)
**CAS number:** 60–57–1
**NIOSH REL:** 0.25 mg/m3 TWA [skin]; NIOSH considers dieldrin to be a potential occupational carcinogen as defined by the OSHA carcinogen policy [29 CFR 1990].
**Current OSHA PEL:** 0.25 mg/m3 TWA [skin]
**1989 OSHA PEL:** Same as current PEL
**1993-1994 ACGIH TLV:** 0.25 mg/m3 TWA [skin]
**Description of Substance:** Colorless to light-tan crystals with a mild, chemical odor.
**LEL:**. . Noncombustible Solid
**Original (SCP) IDLH:** 450 mg/m3
**Basis for original (SCP) IDLH:** No data on acute inhalation toxicity are available on which to base the IDLH for dieldrin. The chosen IDLH, therefore, has been estimated from the statement by Deichmann and Gerarde [1969] that an oral dose of 65 mg/kg is believed to be a reasonable estimate of the lethal dose in man. Thienes and Haley [1972] and Gleason et al. [1969] reported similar estimates of the lethal dose for man [Hodge et al. 1967; Kalushner 1960].
**Short-term exposure guidelines:** None developed
**ACUTE TOXICITY DATA**
**Lethal concentration data:**

**Species**
    **Reference**
    **LC50**
    **LCLo**
    **Time**
    **Adjusted 0.5-hr** **LC (CF)**
    **Derived** **value**Cat Rat
    Gig Tr Prof Zabol 1964 Izmerov et al. 1982
    80 mg/m313 mg/m3
    ----- -----
    4 hr 4 hr
    160 mg/m3 (2.0) 26 mg/m3 (2.0)
    16 mg/m32.6 mg/m3
 **Lethal dose data:**
 
 **Species**
    **Reference**
    **Route**
    **LD50** **(mg/kg)**
    **LDLo** **(mg/kg)**
    **Adjusted LD**
    **Derived value**Rabbit G. pigMouseDogRat
    AAPCO 1966 AAPCO 1966Kenaga and Morgan 1978Spencer 1973Treon and Cleveland 1955
    oral oraloraloraloral
    45 49386538
    ----- --------------------
    315 mg/m3343 mg/m3266 mg/m3455 mg/m3266 mg/m3
    32 mg/m334 mg/m327 mg/m346 mg/m327 mg/m3
 **Human data:** The lethal oral dose has been estimated to be about 5 grams [Deichmann and Gerarde 1969; Hodge et al. 1967]. [Note: An oral dose of 5 grams is equivalent to a worker being exposed to 3,300 mg/m3 for 30 minutes, assuming a breathing rate of 50 liters per minute and 100% absorption.]
 
 **Revised IDLH:** 50 mg/m3**Basis for revised IDLH:** The revised IDLH for dieldrin is 50 mg/m3 based on acute oral toxicity data in humans [Deichmann and Gerarde 1969; Hodge et al. 1967]. [Note: NIOSH recommends as part of its carcinogen policy that the "most protective" respirators be worn for dieldrin at concentrations above 0.25 mg/m3.]
**REFERENCES:**
1. AAPCO [1966]. Pesticide chemicals official compendium. Topeka, KS: Association of American Pesticide Control Officials, Inc., p. 377.
2. Deichmann WB, Gerarde HW [1969]. Dieldrin. In: Toxicology of drugs and chemicals. New York, NY: Academic Press, Inc., pp. 215-216.
3. Gig Tr Prof Zabol [1964]; *8*(4):30-34 (in Russian).
4. Gleason MN, Gosselin RE, Hodge HC, Smith RP [1969]. Clinical toxicology of commercial products. 3rd ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Company, pp. 85-87.
5. Hodge HC, Boyce AM, Deichmann WB, Kraybill HF [1967]. Toxicology and no-effect levels of aldrin and dieldrin. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol *10*:613-675.
6. Izmerov NF, Sanotsky IV, Sidorov KK [1982]. Toxicometric parameters of industrial toxic chemicals under single exposure. Moscow, Russia: Centre of International Projects, GKNT, p. 73.
7. Kalushner A [1960]. Occupational dieldrin poisoning. JAMA *172*(18):148-151.
8. Kenaga EE, Morgan RW [1978]. Commercial and experimental organic insecticides. Entomological Society of America Special Publication *78-1*:13.
9. Spencer EY [1973]. Guide to the chemicals used in crop protection. 6th ed. London, Ontario, Canada: Research Institute, University of Western Ontario Sub Post Office, p. 13.
10. Thienes CH, Haley TJ [1972]. Clinical toxicology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger, p. 26.
11. Treon JF, Cleveland FP [1955]. Toxicity of certain chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides for laboratory animals. J Agri Food Chem *3*:402-403.

			
							
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