Carbon tetrachloride : CAS # 56-23-5

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions about carbon tetrachloride. For more information, you may call the ATSDR Information Center at 1-888-422-8737. This fact sheet is one in a series of summaries about hazardous substances and their health effects. This information is important because this substance may harm you. The effects of exposure to any hazardous substance depend on the dose, the duration, how you are exposed, personal traits and habits, and whether other chemicals are present.
  
  Highlights: Carbon tetrachloride does not occur naturally. Exposure to this substance results mostly from breathing air, drinking water, or coming in contact with soil that is contaminated with it. Exposure to very high amounts of carbon tetrachloride can damage the liver, kidneys, and nervous system. Carbon tetrachloride can cause cancer in animals. Carbon tetrachloride has been found in at least 425 of the 1,662 National Priority List sites identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
  
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• Subjects:
  Aerosol Propellants/toxicity Carbon Tetrachloride/toxicity Environmental Pollutants/toxicity Solvents/toxicity
• Series:
  ToxFAQs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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