ethylene dibromide

ethylene dibromide
Compound used in antiknock gasolines. Severe skin irritant; may cause blistering. Inhalation causes delayed pulmonary lesions. Prolonged exposure may also result in liver and kidney injury. May be a human carcinogen.

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ethylene dibromide n a colorless toxic liquid compound C2H4Br2 that has been shown by experiments with laboratory animals to be strongly carcinogenic and that was formerly used in the U.S. as an agricultural pesticide abbr. EDB called also ethylene bromide

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a derivative of bromine and ethylene used as a fumigant and gasoline additive; it is irritating to the skin and mucous membranes and carcinogenic. Called also 1,2-dibromoethane.

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