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Document ID (ISN)62398
CIS number 94-1006
ISBN(s) 3-7776-0522-0
Year 1993
Convention or series no. BUA Report 99
Author(s)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance (BUA)
Title Resorcinol (1,3-dihydroxybenzene)
Bibliographic information S. Hirzel Verlag, P.O. Box 10 10 61, 70009 Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 1993. xi, 28p.+79p. 222 ref. Price: DEM 72.00.
Abstract Resorcinol is used mainly for the production of adhesives and resins; small amounts may be used in hair dyes and lotions. It is formed in the coking or liquefaction of coal. On the basis of its acute toxicity, it is classified as "harmful" in Germany. There is no evidence of allergic sensitization, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity or reproductive toxicity. The substance does not accumulate in the body or in the environment. While there is no need for further toxicological or ecological research, there is a serious lack of information on exposure due to industrial release of resorcinol.
Descriptors (primary) Germany; resorcinol; ecotoxicology; harmful substances; toxicology
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; literature survey; hair preparations; criteria document; dyes; adhesives; plastics
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Alcohols
Pollution control