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Document ID (ISN)69342
CIS number 97-1265
ISBN(s) 3-7776-0752-5
Year 1997
Convention or series no. BUA Report 74
Author(s)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) - Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance (BUA)
Title 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole
Bibliographic information S. Hirzel Verlag, P.O. Box 10 10 61, 70009 Stuttgart, Germany, 1997. xxiv, 146p. Bibl.ref.
Abstract Conclusions of this criteria document, translation of a report finalized in June 1991: 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (benzothiazolethiol) is a skin irritant and a skin sensitizer in humans; on the basis of results of long-term animal studies, the possibility that the substance is carcinogenic cannot be ruled out.
Descriptors (primary) Germany; ecotoxicology; toxicology; benzothiazolethiol
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; literature survey; irritants; criteria document; carcinogenic effects; legislation; translation; sensitizers
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
Heterocyclic compounds