Chloromethane -ToxFAQs™

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Office of Innovation and Analytics. Toxicology Section.
• Description:
  Chloromethane, also called methyl chloride, can be manmade or occur naturally. It is found all over the environment since it is produced by rotting wood, marine animals, and fungus. It is manufactured and used in products such as silicones, and can also be formed by burning manmade products, such as cigarettes or plastics. More than 50 years ago, chloromethane was used to cool refrigerators but it was replaced with other chemicals because it waslearned that chloromethane was a health risk to people if it leaked from the refrigerator.
  
  tfacts106.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Methyl Chloride/toxicity
• Series:
  ToxFAQs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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