Toxicological profile for chlorine dioxide and chlorite
By: prepared by Syracuse Research Corporation under contract no. 205-1999-00024; prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Atlanta, Ga.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Chlorine dioxide; Physiological effect; Toxicology; Environmental aspects; Chlorine Compounds; Toxicity; Chlorides; Environmental Pollutants; Dioxyde de chlore; Toxicologie; Chlorites; Adverse effects; Oxides
Other titles: Toxicological profile for chlorine dioxide; Chlorine dioxide and chlorite; Chlorite
Notes: "September 2004."

Chemical manager(s)/author(s): Jessilynn B. Taylor, David W. Wohlers, Richard Amata--P. ix.

"A toxicological profile for chlorine dioxide and chlorite, draft for public comment was released in September 2002. This edition supersedes any previously released draft or final profile"--P. iii.

"This toxicological profile is prepared in accordance with guidelines developed by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The original guidelines were published in the Federal Register on April 17, 1987"--P. v.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-135) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Public health statement; title: What is this substance?; title: What happens to it when it enters the environment?; title: How might I be exposed to it?; title: How can it enter and leave my body?; title: How can it affect my health?; title: How can it affect children?; title: How can families reduce the risk of exposure?; title: Is there a medical test to determine whether I have been exposed to it?; title: What recommendations has the federal government made to protect human health?; title: Where can I get more information?; title: Relevance to public health; title: Background and environmental exposures in the United States; title: Summary of health effects; title: Minimal risk levels (MRLS); title: Health effects; title: Introduction; title: Discussion of health effects by route of exposure; title: Genotoxicity; title: Toxicokinetics; title: Mechanisms of action; title: Toxicities mediated through the neuroendocrine axis; title: Children's susceptibility; title: Biomarkers of exposure and effect; title: Interactions with other chemicals; title: Populations that are unusually susceptible; title: Methods for reducing toxic effects; title: Adequacy of the database; title: Chemical and physical information; title: Chemical identity; title: Physical and chemical properties; title: Production, import, use, and disposal; title: Production; title: Import/export; title: Use; title: Disposal; title: Potential for human exposure; title: Overview; title: Releases to the environment; title: Environmental fate; title: Levels monitored or estimated in the environment; title: General population and occupational exposure; title: Exposures of children; title: Populations with potentially high exposure; title: Analytical methods; title: Biological materials; title: Environmental samples; title: Regulations and advisories.