Document ID (ISN) | 58155 |
CIS number |
92-973 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
Year |
1990 |
Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16046 T10, 9-1990
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Author(s) |
Falcy M. |
Title |
Polycyclic halogenated derivatives |
Original title |
Dérivés halogénés polycycliques [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
Intoxications, Pathologie du travail, 1990, 8p. Illus. 106 ref. |
Abstract |
This chemical family consists of substances which are usually a mixture of several isomers or congeners, the toxic effects of which are intermixed. Experimental toxicity and human toxicity following accidental or occupational exposure are examined for: polychlorobiphenyls (PCB); polychlorodibenzodioxins, in particular 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) used as a defoliant in Vietnam and responsible for the Seveso incident; polybromobiphenyls; and some herbicides based on chloranilides. The extremely low thresholds of toxicity for some of these products are indicated. Particular mention is made of transformer accidents and the decontamination of areas polluted by TCDD (tetrachlorodibenzodioxin). |
Descriptors (primary) |
brominated hydrocarbons; halogenated hydrocarbons; polychlorinated biphenyls; toxicity evaluation; tetrachlorodibenzodioxin; toxic substances; organic compounds |
Descriptors (secondary) |
mutagenic effects; chlorinated dibenzodioxins; chlorinated dibenzofurans; chlorinated benzofurans; dioxins; data sheet; decontamination; teratogenic effects; carcinogenic effects; encyclopaedia; transformers |
Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
Country / State or Province | France |
Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures Halogenated hydrocarbons Heterocyclic compounds
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