ACUTE EXPOSURE GUIDELINE LEVELS (AEGLs) FOR CADMIUM (CAS Reg. No. 7440-43-9) Cd INTERIM 1 2 3 ACUTE EXPOSURE GUIDELINE LEVELS (AEGLs) 4 FOR 5 CADMIUM 6 (CAS Reg. No. 7440-43-9) 7 8 9 10 11 PROPOSED 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CADMIUM INTERIM:Sep-2010 1 2 PREFACE 3 4 Under the authority of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) P. L. 92-463 of 5 1972, the National Advisory Committee for Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous 6 Substances (NAC/AEGL Committee) has been established to identify, review and interpret 7 relevant toxicologic and other scientific data and develop AEGLs for high priority, acutely toxic 8 chemicals. 9 10 AEGLs represent threshold exposure limits for the general public and are applicable to 11emergency exposure periods ranging from 10 minutes to 8 hours. Three levels C AEGL-1, 12AEGL-2 and AEGL-3 C are developed for each of five exposure periods (10 and 30 minutes, 1 13 hour, 4 hours, and 8 hours) and are distinguished by varying degrees of severity of toxic effects. 14 The three AEGLs are defined as follows: 15 16AEGL-1 is the airborne concentration (expressed as parts per million or milligrams per 17 cubic meter [ppm or mg/m3]) of a substance above which it is predicted that the general 18 population, including susceptible individuals, could experience notable discomfort, 19 irritation, or certain asymptomatic, non-sensory effects. However, the effects are not 20 disabling and are transient and reversible upon cessation of exposure. 21 22AEGL-2 is the airborne concentration (expressed as ppm or mg/m3) of a substance 23 above which it is predicted that the general population, including susceptible individuals, 24 could experience irreversible or other serious, long-lasting adverse health effects or an 25 impaired ability to escape. 26 27AEGL-3 is the airborne concentration (expressed as ppm or mg/m3) of a substance 28 above which it is predicted that the general population, including susceptible individuals, 29 could experience life-threatening health effects or death. 30 31 Airborne concentrations below the AEGL-1 represent exposure levels that could produce 32 mild and progressively increasing but transient and nondisabling odor, taste, and sensory 33 irritation or certain asymptomatic, non-sensory effects. With increasing airborne concentrations 34 above each AEGL, there is a progressive increase in the likelihood of occurrence and the severity 35 of effects described for each corresponding AEGL. Although the AEGL values represent 36 threshold levels for the general public, including susceptible subpopulations, such as infants, 37 children, the elderly, persons with asthma, and those with other illnesses, it is recognized that 38 individuals, subject to unique or idiosyncratic responses, could experience the effects described 39 at concentrations below the corresponding AEGL 40 41 3 CADMIUM INTERIM:Sep-2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS1 2 PREFACE......................................................................................................................................................................3 3 LIST OF TABLES.........................................................................................................................................................6 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...........................................................................................................................................7 5 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................10 6 2. HUMAN TOXICITY DATA.............................................................................................................................11 7 2.1. Acute Lethality..........................................................................................................................................11 8 2.1.1. Case Reports ........................................................................................................................................11 9 2.2. Nonlethal Toxicity ....................................................................................................................................12 10 2.2.1. Odor Threshold/Odor Awareness ........................................................................................................12 11 2.2.2. Epidemiologic Studies .........................................................................................................................12 12 2.3. Neurotoxicity ............................................................................................................................................13 13 2.4. Developmental/Reproductive Toxicity......................................................................................................13 14 2.5. Genotoxicity..............................................................................................................................................14 15 2.6. Carcinogenicity ........................................................................................................................................14 16 2.7. Summary...................................................................................................................................................16 17 3. ANIMAL TOXICITY DATA............................................................................................................................16 18 3.1. Acute Lethality..........................................................................................................................................16 19 3.1.1. Rat........................................................................................................................................................16 20 3.2. Nonlethal Toxicity ....................................................................................................................................17 21 3.2.1. Rabbit...................................................................................................................................................17 22 3.2.2. Rat........................................................................................................................................................17 23 3.3. Developmental/Reproductive Toxicity......................................................................................................20 24 3.4. Genotoxicity..............................................................................................................................................22 25 3.5. Repeated Dose..........................................................................................................................................22 26 3.5.1. Rat........................................................................................................................................................22 27 3.5.2. Mouse ..................................................................................................................................................26 28 3.6. Chronic Toxicity/Carcinogenicity ............................................................................................................29 29 3.7. Summary...................................................................................................................................................32 30 4. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS........................................................................................................................32 31 4.1. Metabolism and Disposition.....................................................................................................................32 32 4.2. Mechanism of Toxicity..............................................................................................................................33 33 4.3. Structure Activity Relationships ...............................................................................................................33 34 4.4. Other Relevant Information......................................................................................................................34 35 4.4.1. Species Variability...............................................................................................................................34 36 4.4.2. Susceptible Populations .......................................................................................................................34 37 4.4.3. Concentration-Exposure Duration Relationship ..................................................................................35 38 4.4.4. Concurrent Exposure Issues.................................................................................................................35 39 5. DATA ANALYSIS FOR AEGL-1 ....................................................................................................................35 40 5.1. Summary of Human Data Relevant to AEGL-1 ........................................................................................35 4 CADMIUM INTERIM:Sep-2010 1 5.2. Summary of Animal Data Relevant to AEGL-1 ........................................................................................35 2 5.3. Derivation of AEGL-1 ..............................................................................................................................35 3 6. DATA ANALYSIS FOR AEGL-2 ....................................................................................................................36 4 6.1. Summary of Human Data