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  • March 28, 2023
  • IARC

IARC Monographs evaluation of the carcinogenicity of anthracene, 2-bromopropane, butyl methacrylate, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite


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The results of the recent IARC Monographs evaluation of the carcinogenicity of four agents, including anthracene, 2-bromopropane, butyl methacrylate, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite, have now been published in The Lancet Oncology. This summary article presents the conclusions of IARC Monographs Meeting 133.

Two of these agents – 2-bromopropane and butyl methacrylate – were evaluated by the Working Group for the first time.

2-Bromopropane is a solvent used in dry cleaning and in adhesive production and application, and it also occurs as an impurity of 1-bromopropane (used since the 1990s as a substitute for ozone-depleting solvents).

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