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Document ID (ISN)69852
CIS number 97-1633
ISBN(s) 3-7776-0778-9
Year 1997
Convention or series no. BUA Report 154
Author(s)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) - Advisory Committee on Existing Chemicals of Environmental Relevance (BUA)
Title 1,2,3-Trichloropropane
Bibliographic information S. Hirzel Verlag, P.O. Box 10 10 61, 70009 Stuttgart, Germany, 1997. xv, 97p. 212 ref. Price: DEM 88.00.
Abstract Conclusions of this criteria document, translation of a report finalized in December 1993: there are no published studies of the acute or chronic effects of 1,2,3-trichloropropane in man; inhalation tests show that a concentration of 613mg/m3 causes irritation of the eyes and throat, but not of the nose; in animal studies, the substance causes irritation of the skin and mucous membranes, damage to the liver and kidneys, and mutagenic and carcinogenic effects.
Descriptors (primary) Germany; ecotoxicology; toxicology; 1,2,3-trichloropropane
Descriptors (secondary) mutagenic effects; toxic effects; literature survey; criteria document; carcinogenic effects; legislation; translation; irritants
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) Halogenated hydrocarbons
Pollution control
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures