1,2-Dichloroethane
CASRN 107-06-2 | DTXSID6020438
- IRIS Summary (PDF) (11 pp, 108 K)
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Noncancer Assessment
Reference Dose for Oral Exposure (RfD) (PDF) (11 pp, 108 K) Last Updated:
Not assessed under the IRIS Program.
Reference Concentration for Inhalation Exposure (RfC) (PDF) (11 pp, 108 K)
Not assessed under the IRIS Program.
Cancer Assessment
Weight of Evidence for Cancer (PDF)
(11 pp, 108 K)
Last Updated: 03/31/1987
WOE Characterization | Framework for WOE Characterization |
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B2 (Probable human carcinogen - based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in animals) | Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment (U.S. EPA, 1986) |
- Based on the induction of several tumor types in rats and mice treated by gavage and lung papillomas in mice after topical application
- This may be a synopsis of the full weight-of-evidence narrative.
Quantitative Estimate of Carcinogenic Risk from Oral Exposure (PDF) (11 pp, 108 K)
Oral Slope Factor:
9.1
x 10-2
per mg/kg-day
Drinking Water Unit Risk:
2.6
x 10-6
per µg/L
Extrapolation Method: Linearized multistage procedure with time-to-death analysis, extra risk
Tumor site(s): Other
Tumor type(s): Hemangiosarcomas (NCI, 1978)
Quantitative Estimate of Carcinogenic Risk from Inhalation Exposure (PDF) (11 pp, 108 K)
Inhalation Unit Risk:
2.6
x 10-5
per µg/m3
Extrapolation Method: Linearized multistage procedure, extra risk
Tumor site(s): Other
Tumor type(s): Hemangiosarcomas (NCI, 1978)
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Chemical Structure
Synonyms
- AI3-01656
- Aethylenchlorid [German]
- Bichlorure d'ethylene [French]
- Borer Sol
- Brocide
- CCRIS 225
- Caswell No. 440
- Chlorure d'ethylene [French]
- Cloruro di ethene [Italian]
- Destruxol Borer-Sol
- Di-Chlor-Mulsion
- Dichlor-mulsion
- Dichloremulsion
- Dichloro-1,2-ethane [French]
- Dichloroethane
- Dichloroethane, 1,2-
- Dichlorure d'ethylene [French]
- Dicloruro de etileno [Spanish]
- Dutch liquid
- Dutch oil
- EDC
- ENT 1,656
- EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 042003
- Ethane dichloride
- Ethane, 1,2-dichloro-
- Ethane, 1,2-dichloro-
- Ethyleendichloride [Dutch]
- Ethylene chloride
- Ethylene dichloride
- Glycol dichloride
- HSDB 65
- NCI-C00511
- RCRA Waste Number u077
- Sym-Dichloroethane
- alpha,beta-Dichloroethane
- 1,2-Bichloroethane
- 1,2-DCE
- 1,2-Dichloorethaan [Dutch]
- 1,2-Dichlor-aethan [German]
- 1,2-Dichlorethane
- 1,2-Dichloroethane
- 1,2-Dicloroetano [Italian]
- 1,2-Ethylene dichloride
- 107-06-2