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Document ID (ISN)62405
CIS number 94-1012
ISBN(s) 3-7776-0551-4
Year 1993
Convention or series no. BUA Report 63
Author(s)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance (BUA)
Title p-Toluene sulphonic acid
Bibliographic information S. Hirzel Verlag, P.O. Box 10 10 61, 70009 Stuttgart, Germany, 1993. xv, 80p. 115 ref. Price: DEM 48.00.
Abstract No data are available on the effects of p-toluene sulfonic acid in humans. Animal studies indicate that the substance causes skin irritation and burns; the principal effect following acute oral exposure is injury to the gastro-intestinal tract. No genotoxic effects have been observed.
Descriptors (primary) Germany; ecotoxicology; toxicology; p-toluenesulfonic acid
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; literature survey; irritants; criteria document; animal experiments; legislation; caustic substances
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) Pollution control
Organosulfur compounds