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International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Summaries & Evaluations

BENZYL CHLORIDE

VOL.: 11 (1976) (p. 217)

5. Summary of Data Reported and Evaluation

5.1 Animal carcinogenicity data

Benzyl chloride was tested in mice by intraperitoneal injection and in rats by subcutaneous injection. It was carcinogenic in rats, in which it produced local sarcomas.

5.2 Human carcinogenicity data

No case reports or epidemiological studies were available to the Working Group.

Subsequent evaluation: Vol. 71 (1999)


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       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Benzyl chloride (ICSC)
       Benzyl Chloride (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 29, 1982)