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Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Halogenated > Hydrocarbons, Brominated > Ethylene Dibromide

Preferred term

Ethylene Dibromide  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 1,2 Dibromoethane
  • 1,2-Dibromoethane
  • Bromide, Ethylene
  • Ethylene Bromide
  • sym Dibromoethane
  • sym-Dibromoethane

Scope note

  • An effective soil fumigant, insecticide, and nematocide. In humans, it causes severe burning of skin and irritation of the eyes and respiratory tract. Prolonged inhalation may cause liver necrosis. It is also used in gasoline. Members of this group have caused liver and lung cancers in rodents. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985), 1,2-dibromoethane may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen.

History note

  • 90; was ETHYLENE DIBROMIDES see under HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED 1977-89; was ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE see under HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED 1975-76; ETHYLENE DIBROMIDES was see under HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED 1977-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015946

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