UN Body to Study Chemical Aniline’s Cancer-Causing Potential

July 1, 2019, 9:53 PM UTC

The cancer-causing potential of a chemical used in agriculture and to make explosives, polyurethane foam, synthetic dyes, varnishes, and stabilizers for the rubber industry will be reviewed by a World Health Organization agency in 2020.

The chemical, aniline, is the most widely produced member of a group of industrial compounds that the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will evaluate. U.S. producers of aniline have included the BASF Corp., DowDuPont, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Toxicity data that could affect the agency’s classification is being accepted through Oct. 5, IARC said. ...

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