Hexachlorobutadiene
By: first draft prepared by T. Vermeire.
Contributors: Vermeire, T.; WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Critera for Hexachlorobutadiene.; United Nations Environment Programme.; International Labour Organisation.; World Health Organization.; International Program on Chemical Safety.
Series: Environmental health criteria -- 156.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Butadienes -- adverse effects.; Environmental Exposure.; Butadiene -- Toxicology.; Butadiene -- Physiological effect.; Butadiene -- Health aspects.; Butadiene -- Environmental aspects.
Notes: Summaries in French and Spanish.

Contains the collective views of the WHO Task Group on Environmental Health Criteria for Hexachlorobutadiene, which met at the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium, from 10 to 15 December 1992.

"Published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Health Organization."

"IPCS, International Programme on Chemical Safety"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-120).
Table of contents: Identity, physical and chemical properties, analytical methods; Sources of human and environmental exposure; Environmental transport, distribution and transformation; Environmental levels and human exposure; Kinetics and metabolism; Effects on organisms in the environment; Effects on experimental animals and in vitro test systems; Effects on humans; Evaluation of human health risks and effects on the environment; Further research; Previous evaluations by international bodies.