Thallium (I), soluble salts
CASRN Various
- Toxicological Review (PDF) (165 pp, 1.00 M)
- IRIS Summary (PDF) (17 pp, 137 K)
IRIS Toxicological Review of Thallium and Compounds (External Review Draft)
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Overview
Citation
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Thallium and Compounds (External Review Draft). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-08/001, 2008.
Background
Thallium exists in monovalent (Tl+1) and trivalent (Tl+3) states. Thallium is released to the environment through the combustion of fossil fuels, refinement of oil fractions, the smelting of ferrous and non-ferrous ores, and by some other industrial processes such as cement production and brick works. In the past, thallium was used as a depilatory agent and as a treatment for ringworm, venereal diseases, TB, and malaria. It was banned for use as a pesticide in the United States in 1972. Currently, thallium compounds are used in the semiconductor industry, the manufacture of optic lenses and low-melting glass, low-temperature thermometers, alloys, electronic devices, mercury lamps, fireworks, and imitation gems, and clinically as an imaging agent in the diagnosis of certain tumors.
History/Chronology
Date | Description |
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1987 | IRIS assessments of thallium acetate, carbonate, chloride, nitrate, selenite, and sulfate, and thallic oxide posted on the IRIS database (RfD only). |
1988 | RfDs for thallium compounds revised. |
1989 | RfD for thallic oxide withdrawn from the IRIS database. |
1990 | Carcinogenicity assessments for thallium compounds added to the IRIS database. |
1993 | RfD for thallium selenite withdrawn from the IRIS database. |
Feb 2008 | EPA releases the draft document, IRIS Toxicological Review of Thallium, for public review and comment in a February 15, 2008 Federal Register notice. |
Apr 2008 | EPA announces the external peer review panel workshop in an April 8, 2008 Federal Register notice. |
Sep 2009 | EPA released the Final Toxicological Review (PDF) (136 pp, 964K) and accompanying Summary for Thallium and Compounds to the IRIS Web site. |
Status
Following the External Peer Review, the final assessment will be published on the IRIS database.
Additional Information
Comments on the assessment may be submitted and reviewed using the e-Government Regulations.gov Web site. From the site, select Environmental Protection Agency and the keyword EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0057 (for the docket ID) to comment on this report.
Contact Information
Octavia Conerlyby phone at: 202-566-1094
by fax at: 202-566-1140
by email at: conerly.octavia@epa.gov
Susan Rieth
by phone at: 703-347-8582
by fax at: 703-347-8699
by email at: rieth.susan@epa.gov
Download(s)
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- Toxicological Review of Thallium (External Review Draft) (PDF) (86 pp, 474 KB, about PDF)
- Charge to External Peer Reviewers (PDF) (3 pp, 21 KB, about PDF)
- Consolidated Comments from the External Peer Review (Final) (PDF) (76 pp, 257 KB, about PDF)
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Related Link(s)
- Compilation of Reviewer Comments and Responses to Charge Questions (Reported By Midwest Research Institute) (PDF) (10 pp, 43 KB, about PDF)
- Volume 1: Range Finding (14-Day Study) (PDF) (55 pp, 29 MB, about PDF)
- Volume 2: Range Finding (90-Day Study) Part 1 (PDF) (299 pp, 57 MB, about PDF)
- Volume 2: Range Finding Part 2 (Appendix IV) (PDF) (255 pp, 150 MB, about PDF)
- IRIS Toxicological Review of Thallium and Compounds (Final Report)