IRIS TOXICOLOGICAL REVIEW AND SUMMARY DOCUMENTS FOR CIS AND TRAN...

Courtesy Recent Science Inventory records from the EPA  Wed, 11/25/2009 - 12:48

1,2-Dichloroethylene (1,2-DCE) is a solvent which was historically used not only in industrial applications, but also in consumer products: perfumes, dyes, resins, waxes, lacquers and in the preparation of decaffeinated coffee.

Today, 1,2-DCE is primarily used in the production of other chlorinated solvents. 1,2-DCE is also produced as a byproduct of various industrial activities.

There are two forms of 1,2-DCE, cis-1, 2-DCE and trans-1, 2-DCE, based on the position of the two chlorine atoms.

The existing IRIS entry for cis-1,...


 

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