毒理性
硫酸铵是一种白色固体。硫酸铵主要用于商业肥料混合物中作为氮源,或者直接作为肥料施用,这占了总量的90%以上。它还用于各种工业应用,并在欧盟被批准为直接食品添加剂。在美国,硫酸铵已注册使用,但批准的农药用途可能会定期更改,因此必须咨询联邦、州和地方当局以获取当前批准的用途。含有硫酸铵的非农业产品(例如清洁产品、油漆),其硫酸铵含量高达50%。硫酸铵已被确定为在液压破碎中作为破裂剂使用。人类暴露和毒性:在人类中,吸入0.1至0.5毫克/立方米硫酸铵气溶胶两到四个小时未产生肺部效应。在1毫克/立方米时,健康志愿者在急性暴露后出现了非常轻微的肺部效应,表现为呼气流量、肺流量阻力和动态肺顺应性的降低。18人饮用了受硫酸铵肥料污染的水(1500-2000毫克/升)后,出现了类似急性肠炎的胃肠疼痛。所有症状在24小时后消失。它未能在哺乳动物或人类细胞培养中诱导染色体畸变。铵也是内源物质,在维持酸碱平衡中起着重要作用。少量的铵氮被并入生理N池。硫酸盐是内源性硫化合物代谢的正常中间产物,以不变形式或结合形式在尿液中排出。动物研究:硫酸铵的急性毒性相对较低(LD50,口服,大鼠:2000-4250毫克/千克体重;LD50,皮肤,大鼠/小鼠>2000毫克/千克体重;8小时LC50,吸入,大鼠>1000毫克/立方米)。口服暴露后的临床体征包括蹒跚、卧倒、冷漠,以及在接近或超过LD50值的剂量给药后立即出现的呼吸困难和呼吸不规则。纯硫酸铵对兔子的皮肤和眼睛无刺激性。在大鼠吸入300毫克/立方米的14天研究中,未报告下呼吸道组织病理学变化。在给大鼠喂食含有硫酸铵的饮食13周后,唯一发现的毒性迹象是高剂量组雄性动物出现腹泻。三只兔子总共服用了1500毫克/千克的硫酸铵,它们都表现出类似的症状,如瞳孔散大、呼吸节律不齐、局部和全身抽搐,直至呼吸衰竭和心脏骤停。脑电图显示慢波抑制和高幅慢波模式,这在人和动物的高铵血症中通常观察到。血清中铵离子和无机硫酸根离子的浓度显著增加,血液气体分析显示严重的代谢性酸中毒。这些结果,主要是脑电图发现,表明血液中铵离子快速增加会损害中枢神经系统,而不会出现显微变化。硫酸铵在细菌(Ames试验)和酵母菌中不具有诱变性,无论是否有代谢激活系统。它未能在哺乳动物或人类细胞培养中诱导染色体畸变。与其它盐类似,高剂量的硫酸铵可能具有在大鼠胃中促进肿瘤的能力;然而,在相同条件下测试时,它比氯化钠要弱得多。在给大鼠喂食硫酸铵的13周研究中,直至1792毫克/千克体重,未观察到睾丸的组织学变化。卵巢未进行检查。生态毒性研究:最敏感的两栖动物是6周大的Pseudacris regilla蝌蚪。有关于鱼类、无脊椎动物和浮游植物的海洋急性数据,后者最为敏感。对于Gymnodinium splendens和Gonyaulax polyedra,在0.7毫克/升及以上的浓度下发现了生长减少。对于海水无脊椎动物,最低效应值是在绿贻贝Perna viridis(96小时-LC50 = 47.7毫克/升)中获得的。对于海洋鱼类,最低效应值是在Sciaenops ocellatus的幼虫中发现的,其LC50(10天)为27毫克/升。
IDENTIFICATION AND USE: Ammonium sulfate is a white solid. Ammonium sulfate is used primarily as a nitrogen source in commercial fertilizer mixtures or as a direct application fertilizer, which accounts for > 90 % of the total amount. It is further used in a variety of industrial applications and is also approved as a direct food additive in the EU. It is registered for use in the USA but approved pesticide uses may change periodically and so federal, state and local authorities must be consulted for currently approved uses. Non-agricultural products containing ammonium sulfate which are intended for use by the general public (e.g. cleaning products, paints); contain ammonium sulfate levels up to 50%. Ammonium sulfate has been identified as being used in hydraulic fracturing as a breaker. HUMAN EXPOSURE AND TOXICITY: In humans, inhalation exposure to 0.1 to 0.5 mg ammonium sulfate/cu m aerosol for two to four hours produced no pulmonary effects. At 1 mg ammonium sulfate/cu m very slight pulmonary effects in the form of a decrease in expiratory flow, in pulmonary flow resistance and dynamic lung compliance were found in healthy volunteers after acute exposure. 18 people who drank water polluted with ammonium sulfate fertilizer (1500 - 2000 mg/L) suffered gastrointestinal pain similar to acute enteritis. All symptoms passed after 24 hr. It did not induce chromosomal aberrations in mammalian or human cell cultures. Ammonium is also an endogenous substance that serves a major role in the maintenance of the acid-base balance. Minor amounts of ammonium nitrogen are incorporated in the physiological N-pool. Sulfate is a normal intermediate in the metabolism of endogenous sulfur compounds, and is excreted unchanged or in conjugated form in urine. ANIMAL STUDIES: Ammonium sulfate is of relatively low acute toxicity (LD50, oral, rat: 2000 - 4250 mg/kg bw; LD50 dermal, rat/mouse > 2000 mg/kg bw; 8-hr LC50, inhalation, rat > 1000 mg/cu m). Clinical signs after oral exposure included staggering, prostration, apathy, and labored and irregular breathing immediately after dosing at doses near to or exceeding the LD50 value. Neat ammonium sulfate was not irritating to the skin and eyes of rabbits. A 14-day inhalation study on rats exposed to 300 mg/cu m, the only tested dose, did not report histopathological changes in the lower respiratory tract. After feeding diets containing ammonium sulfate for 13 weeks to rats the only toxicity sign found was diarrhea in male animals of the high-dose group. The total dose of 1500 mg/kg of ammonium sulfate was administered to three rabbits, all of which showed similar symptoms such as mydriasis, irregular respiratory rhythms, local and general convulsions, until they fell into respiratory failure with cardiac arrest. EEG showed slow, suppressive waves and high-amplitude slowing wave pattern, which is generally observed clinically in hyperammonemia in man and animal. There was a remarkable increase in the concentration of ammonium ion and inorganic sulfate ion in serum, and blood gas analysis showed severe metabolic acidosis. These results, mainly findings by EEG, have shown that a rapid increase in ammonium ions in blood can cause damaging the central nervous system without microscopic change. Ammonium sulfate was not mutagenic in bacteria (Ames test) and yeasts with and without metabolic activation systems. It did not induce chromosomal aberrations in mammalian or human cell cultures. Similarly to other salts, high doses of ammonium sulfate may have the capability of tumor promotion in the rat stomach; it is, however, much less potent than sodium chloride when tested under identical conditions. In the 13-week feeding study of ammonium sulfate with rats, no histological changes of testes were observed up to 1792 mg/kg bw. The ovaries were not examined. ECOTOXICITY STUDIES: The most sensitive amphibians were 6 week-old Pseudacris regilla tadpoles. Marine acute data are available for fish, invertebrates and for phytoplankton, the latter being most sensitive. For Gymnodinium splendens and Gonyaulax polyedra, growth reduction was found at concentrations of 0.7 mg/L and above. For seawater invertebrates the lowest effect value was obtained for green mussel Perna viridis (96h-LC50 = 47.7 mg/L). For marine fish the lowest effect value was found for larvae of Sciaenops ocellatus with a LC50 (10 d) of 27 mg/L.
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)