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Copper - Environmental Health Criteria 200
(1998)
Copper is a reddish-brown, ductile and malleable metal. It belongs to group IB of the Periodic Table. In compounds found in the environment it usually has a valence of 2 but can exist in the metallic, +1 and +3 valence ...
Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether - Environmental Health Criteria 206
(1998)
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is one of several ethers that may be used as fuel additives and is currently by far the dominant one. Ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE), tertiary-amyl methyl ether (TAME), tertiary-amyl ...
Diazinon - Environmental Health Criteria 198
(1998)
The chemical name for diazinon is O, O-diethyl O-2-isopropyl-6-methylpyrimidinyl-4-yl phosphorothioate. The pure material forms a colourless liquid with a faint ester-like odour. The technical active ingredient is a ...
Hexachlorobenzene - Environmental Health Criteria 195
(1997)
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a chlorinated organic compound with moderate volatility. It is practically insoluble in water, but is highly lipid-soluble and bioaccumulative. Technical grade HCB contains up to 2% impurities, ...
Chrysotile Asbestos - Environmental Health Criteria 203
(1998)
Chrysotile is a fibrous hydrated magnesium silicate mineral that has been used in many commercial products. It is widely used in global commerce today. Its physical and chemical properties as a mineral are observed to vary ...
Methanol - Environmental Health Criteria 196
(1997)
Methanol is a clear, colourless, volatile flammable liquid with a mild alcoholic odour when pure. It is miscible with water and many organic solvents and forms many binary azeotropic mixtures. Methanol occurs naturally ...
Principles for the Assessment of Risks to Human Health from Exposure to Chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 210
(1999)
This monograph is an amalgamation of two draft documents "Principles for the Assessment of Risk from Exposure to Chemicals" and "General Principles and Methods for Chemical Safety (Human Health Protection)". Both documents ...
1,1,1 - Trichloroethane - Environmental Health Criteria 136
(1992)
1,1,1-Trichloroethane is a chlorinated hydrocarbon which is manufactured from vinyl chloride or vinylidene chloride by chlorination. The world production was approximately 680 000 tonnes in 1988. It is a colourless, ...
Selected Mycotoxins: Ochratoxins, Trichothecenes, Ergot - Environmental Health Criteria 105
(1990)
Ochratoxins are produced by several species of the fungal genera Aspergillus and Penicillium. These fungi are ubiquitous and the potential for the contamination of foodstuffs and animal feed is widespread. Ochratoxin A, ...
Health Effects of Interactions between Tobacco Use and Exposure to Other Agents - Environmental Health Criteria 211
(1999)
Tobacco use, particularly smoking, causes a range of adverse health effects, is directly implicated in a number of serious diseases, and can increase adverse effects of other chemical, physical and biological agents. ...