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Review
. 1976 Apr:14:39-45.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.761439.

Potential hazards of fumigant residues

Review

Potential hazards of fumigant residues

L Fishbein. Environ Health Perspect. 1976 Apr.

Abstract

A spectrum of fumigants (primarily ethylene dibromide, 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane, ethylene oxide, symdibromotetetrachloroethane, 1,3-dichloropropene, dichlorovos, carbon tetrachloride, methyl bromide) as well as their degradation products in foodstuffs and soil have been examined mainly in regard to the potential mutagenicity of their residues.

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