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IRIS Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride (Final Report)
Citation:
U.S. EPA. IRIS Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride (Final Report). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/635/R-08/005F, 2010.
Impact/Purpose:
Carbon tetrachloride has been used as a dry-cleaning agent, fabric-spotting fluid, solvent, reagent in chemical synthesis, fire extinguisher fluid, and grain fumigant, but its primary use was in chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) production.
Description:
EPA has finalized the Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride: in support of the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Now final, this assessment may be used by EPA’s program and regional offices to inform decisions to protect human health.
URLs/Downloads:
IRIS Toxicological Review of Carbon Tetrachloride (PDF, 473 pp, 4193 KB, about PDF)IRIS Summary of Carbon Tetrachloride (PDF, 42 pp, 309 KB, about PDF)
Record Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( IRIS ASSESSMENT)
Product Published Date:03/31/2010
Record Last Revised:02/02/2017
OMB Category:Influential
Record ID:
225974