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2-Nitropropane

CAS RN: 79-46-9

Carcinogenicity Evidence

A3; Confirmed animal carcinogen with unknown relevance to humans.

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists TLVs and BEIs. Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices. Cincinnati, OH, 2008. 44.

Evaluation: There is inadequate evidence for the carcinogenicity of 2-nitropropane in humans. There is sufficient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of 2-nitropropane. Overall evaluation: 2-Nitropropane is possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).

IARC. Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Humans. Geneva: World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1972-PRESENT. (Multivolume work). Available at: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php. 71 1090 (1999).

2-Nitropropane: reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

DHHS/National Toxicology Program; Eleventh Report on Carcinogens: 2-Nitropropane (79-46-9) (January 2005). Available from, as of July 31, 2009: <http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/eleventh/profiles/s124nitr.pdf/>.

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