INFORMATION REGARDING CARBON DISULFIDE AND PAINT

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CARBON DISULFIDE
CASRN: 75-15-0

Major Uses :

Optical glass, paints, enamels, varnishes, paint removers, tallow, explosives, rocket fuel, putty preservatives, rubber cement, solvent for ... waxes, lacquers, camphor, resins, vulcanized rubber ... and pesticide intermediates.
[Sittig, M. Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, 1985. 2nd ed. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Data Corporation, 1985.187]**PEER REVIEWED**

Effluent Concentrations :

In a comprehensive survey of wastewater from 4000 industrial and publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) sponsored by the Effluent Guidelines Division of the US EPA, carbon disulfide was identified in discharges from the following industrial category (frequency of occurrence; median concn in ppb): leather tanning (1; 7.5), paint and ink (4; 1078.6), organics and plastics (30; 1654.3), plastics and synthetics (4; 7075.4), pulp and paper (2; 215.6), pesticides manufacture (1; 88.8), publicly owned treatment works (11; 45.8)(1). The highest effluent concn was 18,943 ppb in the plastics and synthetics industry(1). In a survey of 63 industrial waste water effluents, carbon disulfide was identified in 8 samples, 6 of which were <10 ppb and 2 between 10 and 100 ppb(2). The concn of carbon disulfide in offgas from two oil shale retorting processes were 24 ppm and 13 ppm(3). Carbon disulfide was found in both the influent and effluent of a large community septic tank(4). The combined concn of carbon disulfide and dichloromethane in the effluent, which was 10 ppb, was much higher than that in the influent and reflected the presence of anaerobic processes in the sewer line or septic tank(4).
[(1) Shackelford WM et al; Analyt Chim Acta 146: 15-27 (1983) (2) Perry DL et al; Identification Of Organic Compound In Industrial Effluent Discharges USEPA-600/4-79-016 (NTIS PB-294784) p. 230 (1979) (3) Sklarew DS et al; Environ Sci Techol 18: 592-600 (1984) (4) Dewalle FB et al; Determination Of Toxic Chemicals In Effluent From Household Septic Tanks USEPA-600/S2-75-050 p. 4 (1985)]**PEER REVIEWED**

Probable Routes of Human Exposure :

Occupations with potential exposure to carbon disulfide: Acetylene workers, ammonium salt makers, bromine processors, carbonilide makers, carbon disulfide workers, carbon tetrachloride makers, cellophane makers, rubbershoe cementers, coal tar distillers, degreasers, drycleaners, dyestuff makers, electroplaters, enamelers, enamel makers, explosive workers, fat processors, floatation-agent makers, fumigant workers, glassmakers, glue workers, iodine processors, chemical laboratory workers, lacquer makers, matchmakers, oil processors, optical glassmakers, painters, paintmakers, paint-remover makers, paraffin workers, pesticide makers, phospherus processors, preservative makers, putty makers, rayon makers, resin makers, rocket-fuel makers, rubber- cement makers, rubber dryers, rubber makers, rubber reclaimers, sclenium processor, tallowmakers, textile makers, vacuum-tube makers, varnish-remover makers, veterinarians, vulcanizers, and wax processors.
[NIOSH; Criteria Document: Carbon Disulfide p.185 (1977) DHEW Pub. NIOSH 77-156]**PEER REVIEWED**

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