| Document ID (ISN) | 66528 |
| CIS number |
96-912 |
| ISBN(s) |
3-527-28591-1 |
| Year |
1993 |
| Convention or series no. |
BUA Report 41
|
| Author(s) |
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) - Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance (BUA) |
| Title |
Nitrotoluenes (methylnitrobenzenes) |
| Bibliographic information |
S. Hirzel Verlag, P.O. Box 10 10 61, 70009 Stuttgart, Germany, 1993. xv, 104p. 146 ref. |
| Abstract |
Conclusions of this criteria document, translation of a report finalized in April 1989: no reliable data are available on the effects of nitrotoluenes in humans; there are some reports of poisoning among workers exposed to mixtures of nitrotoluenes and other substances. Animal studies indicate that nitrotoluenes have a low level of acute toxicity; main effects are methaemoglobin formation and central nervous system depression. No reliable data are available on mutagenic or carcinogenic effects. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Germany; ecotoxicology; toxicology; nitrotoluenes |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
toxic effects; neurotoxic effects; literature survey; central nervous system; m-nitrotoluene; methaemoglobinaemia; p-nitrotoluene; permissible levels; legislation; translation; criteria document; o-nitrotoluene |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Germany |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Pollution control
Aliphatic nitro compounds
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