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Description

An effective soil fumigant, insecticide, and nematocide. In humans, it causes severe burning of skin and irritation of the eyes and respiratory tract. Prolonged inhalation may cause liver necrosis. It is also used in gasoline. Members of this group have caused liver and lung cancers in rodents. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985), 1,2-dibromoethane may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Ethylene dibromide
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2004-07-16
Construct for LOINC Short Name
EDB

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 二溴化乙烯
Synonyms: EDB;二溴化乙二醇;二溴甲烷
fr-CA French (Canada) Dibromure d'éthylène
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Etüleendibromiid
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Dibromuro de etileno
it-IT Italian (Italy) Etilene dibromide
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Etilen dibromür
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Этилен бромид
Synonyms: Этиленбромид;Бромэтан
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) ethyleendibromide
fr-BE French (Belgium) Dibromure d'éthylène