ABSTRACT
NIOSH SPECIAL HAZARD REVIEW JAN 80 NIOSH RECOMMENDS BENZIDINE BASED DYES HANDLED IN THE WORKPLACE AS CARCINOGENS. PRESENTLY OSHA HAS NO STANDARD.
EPA RESPONSE TO ITC RECOMMS (46FR55004) NOV 81 IN RESPONSE TO THE ITC RECOMMENDATIONS (44FR70664) THE EPA HAS DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE TESTING PROPOSAL FOR BENZIDINE DYES AT THIS TIME BECAUSE TESTING PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO SUPPLY DATA SUFFICIENT FOR EPA NEEDS, ARE BEING PLANNED AND CONDUCTED, AND REGULATORY EFFORTS ARE BEING PURSUED BY THE OSHA AND THE CPSC. TEXTILE/LEATHER/PAPER DYE
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: IARC MONOGRAPH 3 1973 BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE HAS PRODUCED SKIN TUMORS IN MICE FOLLOWING REPEATED SKIN PAINTINGS. B(B)F IS ALSO AN INITIATOR OF SKIN CARCINOGENESIS IN MICE AND PRODUCES LOCAL SARCOMAS AFTER SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS. IN A 1979 SUPPLEMENT, IARC DETERMINED THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR THE CARCINOGENICITY OF B(B)F IN ANIMALS.
