毒理性
识别和使用:铬酸铜砷(CCA)是一种含有铬、铜和砷的化学木材防腐剂。CCA用于加压处理木材,以防止木材因昆虫和微生物作用而腐烂。自2003年12月31日起,任何木材处理商或制造商不得用CCA处理木材用于住宅用途,除非有特定例外。人类暴露:与未标记的含铬砷木材防腐剂接触,包括接触用含铬砷木材防腐剂处理的木材流出的树液,已与瘙痒、烧伤皮疹、神经系统症状和呼吸问题有关。两名工人在处理CCA处理的木材时暴露。报告的症状包括头痛、恶心、颤抖和口渴。在另一个案例中,加压处理的木材导致慢性皮疹持续了三年。一名33岁的男子试图通过摄入一种未知的液体自杀,后来被确认为CCA木材防腐剂,他在到达急诊科前75分钟摄入了该液体。他出现了严重的呼吸窘迫、流涎、心动过速和低血压。双手掌出现了橙色的颜色。他出现了多次房性早搏和室上性心动过速,后来在重症监护室中,出现了难治性室性心动过速和心室颤动。患者到达后2.5小时被宣布死亡。动物研究:暴露于铬和砷在小鼠肾脏组织中显著改变了氧化还原状态,表现为谷胱甘肽-S-转移酶(GSTs)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GPx)活性的显著改变。在过氧化氢酶活性方面没有发现改变。给小鼠喂食CCA产生了急性管状坏死。小鼠的研究表明CCA具有致敏作用。在牛中,CCA中毒导致腹泻、虚弱、蹒跚,有时甚至死亡。生态毒性研究:现场研究表明,生长在CCA C型处理木材码头上的绿藻会在藻类中积累高于生长在岩石上的藻类的铜、铬和砷含量。CCA处理导致蜂巢中蜜蜂砷含量增加。CCA处理蜂箱与冬季蜂群损失有关。
IDENTIFICATION AND USE: Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) is a chemical wood preservative containing chromium, copper and arsenic. CCA is used in pressure treated wood to protect wood from rotting due to insects and microbial agents. Effective December 31, 2003, no wood treater or manufacturer may treat wood with CCA for residential uses, with certain exceptions. HUMAN EXPOSURE: Itching, burning rashes, neurological symptoms, and breathing problems have been associated with handling unmarked chromated arsenical wood preservatives, including contact with the sap draining from wood treated with chromated arsenical wood preservatives. Two workers were exposed while working with CCA-treated wood. Symptoms reported included headache, nausea, shakiness, and thirst. In another case, pressure treated wood caused a chronic rash that persisted for three years. A 33-year-old man attempted suicide by ingesting an unknown liquid, later identified as a CCA wood preservative, 75 min before his arrival in the emergency department. He was in severe respiratory distress, drooling, tachycardic, and hypotensive. There was an orange color on the palms of both hands. He developed multiple premature atrial contractions and supraventricular tachycardia, and later in the intensive care unit, refractory ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. The patient was declared dead 2.5 hr after his arrival. ANIMAL STUDIES: Exposure to chromium and arsenic induced significant modifications in the redox state of the kidney tissue in mice, evidenced by significant alterations in glutathione-s-transferases (GSTs) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities. No alterations were found concerning the activity of catalase. Administration of CCA to mice produced acute tubular necrosis. The findings in mice suggest that CCA has sensitizing activity. In cows CCA poisoning produced diarrhea, weakness, stumbling, and sometimes death. ECOTOXICITY STUDIES: Field studies demonstrated that green algae growing on CCA Type C treated wood docks would accumulate copper, chromium and arsenic above levels in algae growing on rocks. CCA treatment resulted in an increased arsenic content of bees from those hives. CCA treatments of beehives were associated with winter losses of colonies.
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)