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Methyl hydrazine																				Related Pages
										May 1994
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH)
**CAS number:** 60–34–4
**NIOSH REL:** 0.04 ppm (0.08 mg/m3) 2-hour CEILING; NIOSH considers methyl hydrazine to be a potential occupational carcinogen as defined by the OSHA carcinogen policy [29 CFR 1990].
**Current OSHA PEL:** 0.2 ppm (0.35 mg/m3) CEILING [skin]
**1989 OSHA PEL:** Same as current PEL
**1993-1994 ACGIH TLV:** 0.2 ppm (0.38 mg/m3) CEILING [skin], A2
**Description of substance:** Fuming, colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor.
**LEL:** . . . 2.5% (10% LEL, 2,500 ppm)
**Original (SCP) IDLH:** 50 ppm
**Basis for original (SCP) IDLH:** The chosen IDLH is based on the report by Jacobson et al. [1955] of a mouse LC50 of 56 ppm.
**Short-term exposure guidelines:** National Research Council [NRC 1985] Short-term Public Emergency Guidance Levels (SPEGLs):
1-hour SPEGL: 0.24 ppm
2-hour SPEGL: 0.12 ppm
4-hour SPEGL: 0.06 ppm
8-hour SPEGL: 0.03 ppm
16-hour SPEGL: 0.015 ppm
24-hour SPEGL: 0.01 ppm
**ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:**
**Lethal concentration data:**

**Species**
    **Reference**
    **LC50 (ppm)**
    **LCLo (ppm)**
    **Time**
    **Adjusted 0.5-hr** **LC (CF)**
    **Derived value**Rat RatMonkeyDogMonkeyMouseRatMouseHamster
    Fairchild 1967 Haun et al. 1969Haun et al. 1969Haun et al. 1970Haun et al. 1970Haun et al. 1970Haun et al. 1970Jacobson et al. 1955Jacobson et al. 1955
    34 7416219514527242756143
    ----- ----------------------------------------
    4 hr 4 hr1 hr30 min30 min30 min30 min4 hr4 hr
    68 ppm (2.0) 148 ppm (2.0)203 ppm (1.25)195 ppm (1.0)145 ppm (1.0)272 ppm (1.0)427 ppm (1.0)112 ppm (2.0)286 ppm (2.0)
    6.8 ppm 15 ppm20 ppm20 ppm15 ppm27 ppm43 ppm11 ppm29 ppm**Human data:** None relevant for use in determining the revised IDLH.
 
 **Revised IDLH:** 20 ppm **Basis for revised IDLH:** The revised IDLH for methyl hydrazine is 20 ppm based on acute inhalation toxicity data in animals [Haun et al. 1969, 1970]. [Note: NIOSH recommends as part of its carcinogen policy that the "most protective" respirators be worn for methyl hydrazine at concentrations above 0.04 ppm.]**REFERENCES:**
1. Fairchild EJ II [1967]. Toxic Hazards Research Unit annual technical report: 1967. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH: Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Report No. AMRL-TR-67-137, pp. 1-58.
2. Haun CC, MacEwen JD, Vermont EH, Egan GF [1969]. The acute inhalation toxicity of monomethyl hydrazine vapor. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH: Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory Report No. AMRL-TR-68-169.
3. Haun CC, MacEwen JD, Vernot EH, Egan GF [1970]. Acute inhalation toxicity of monomethylhydrazine vapor. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J *31*:667-677.
4. Jacobson KH, Clem JH, Wheelwright HJ, Rinehart WE, Mayes N [1955]. The acute toxicity of the vapors of some methylated hydrazine derivatives. AMA Arch Ind Health *12*:609-616.
5. NRC [1985]. Emergency and continuous exposure guidance levels for selected airborne contaminants. Vol. 5. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, Committee on Toxicology, Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council, pp. 23-35.

			
							
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