217 datasets found

Cypermethrin was initially synthesized in 1974 and first marketed in 1977 as a highly active synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, effective against a wide range of pests in...

This publication is devoted to promote the Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health concept and to disseminate the main conclusions of three international consultations held in 1999...

?letaliic vanadium does not occur in nature. Over 70 vanadium minerals are known, carnatite and vanadinite being the most important from the point of view of mining. Production...

This document is aimed at focusing on a health menace that is insufficiently recognized, in order to evaluate the health risks on the basis of published data, and to draft a set...

Dichlorvos, an organophosphate, is a direct-acting cholinesterase (ChE)l inhibitor. Since 1961, it has been commercially manufactured and used throughout the world as a contact...

The dithiocarbamates included in this review are those that are mainly used in agriculture and form part of the large group of synthetic organic pesticides that have been...

Man-made mineral fibres (MMMF), most of which are referred to as man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF), are amorphous silicates manufactured from glass, rock, or other minerals, which...

Toluene diisocyanates (TDIs) are synthetic organic chemicals of low relative molecular mass (174.17). They are colourless to pale yellow liquids, at room temperature, with a...

Diaminotoluenes are synthetic aromatic aimines (total of 6 isomers). The isolated, purified isomers are colourless crystals, while the commercial isomeric mixtures are light...

Phosphine, or hydrogen phosphide, is a colourless gas which is odourless when pure, but the technical product usually has a foul odour, described as "fishy or "garlicky",...

Pure pentachlorophenol (PCP) consists of light tan to white, needlelike crystals and is relatively volatile. It is soluble in most organic solvents, but practically insoluble in...

This document comprises a review of data of effects of magnetic field exposure on biological systems, pertinent to the evaluation of health risks for man. The purpose of the...

Although only key references essential for the evaluation of the risks for human health and the environment are cited, this document is based on a comprehensive search of the...

Although only key references essential for the evaluation of the risks for human health and the environment are cited, this document is based on a comprehensive search of the...

Ammonia (NH3) is a colourless acrid-smelling gas at ambient temperature and pressure. It can be stored and transported as a liquid at a pressure of 10 atm at 25 C. Ammonia...

Toluene is the common name for methylbenzene. It is a clear, colourless liquid that is volatile (vapour pressure of 3.82 kPa), flammable, and explosive in air. The technical...

Camphechlor (toxaphene) (C10H10CI approx.) is an amber, waxy solid consisting of a complex mixture of poly-chlorinated bicyclic terpenes. Gas chromatography with electron...

Chlordecone (Kepone) is a tan- to white-coloured solid. Gas chromatography with electron capture detection is the method most widely used for the determination of chlordecone....

Technical tecnazene (2,3,5,6-tetrachloronitrobenzene), is an odourless, crystalline solid that is used in its formulated form as a fungicide and as a sprout inhibitor on stored...

Technical quintozene (pentachloronitrobenzene) is a white solid with a musty odour, that, is used in formulation as a soil fungicide and as a seed dressing. Hexachlorobenzene is...