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&EPA     Pesticide
                Fact Sheet
                Name Of Chemical: Carbon Tetrachloride
                Reason for Issuance: Conclusion of Special Review
                Date Issued: Septenber, 2386
                FacfSheet Number:
                                 102
     1.  Description of  chemical
         Generic name:   Carbon Tetrachloride
         Common name:  same
         Trade name:  Benzinoform, Carbona, CAS  56-235, Dowfume  75,
                      ENT 4705, Flukoide,  Halon  104
         EPA Shaughenssy Code  (CAS) number:   016501
         Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)  number:  56-23-5
         Year of Initial Registration:  1956
         Pesticide Type:  Fumigant
         Chemical family:  Chlorinated hydrocarbon
     2.  Use patterns  and formulations
         Application*-sites:  Harvested grains throughout storage
                            transfer/ milling/  distribution, and
                            processing phases,  fumigation of museum
                            specimens.
         Type of formulations:  Gas
         Types and methods of  application: Fumigation

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3. Science Findings
Physical and Chemical. Characteristics —
Physical state: Liquid
Color: Colorless
Odor: Strong ether—like odor
Boiling Point: 76.75°C
Freezing Point: —23°C
Vapor Density: 5.32 (air l)
Melting Point: —23°C (—9°F)
4. Regulatory Position
o Position Document 1 issued October 15, 1980.
° OPP issued a Data—Call—In Notice in March 1984 requiring
submission of reproduction (1 species), teratogenicity
(2 species), residue chemistry data, updated Confidential
Statements of Formula and product chemistry data.
° On April 23, 1986 a notice announcing the availability
of the draft PD 2/3/4 was published in the Federal
Register.
° The Agency is issuing a Notice of Intent to Cancel all
pesticide products containing carbon tetrachioride based
on oncogenic risk and other effects in laboratory animals.
This notice cancels all carbon tetrachioride registrations
already suspended for non—compliance with the above mentioned
Data—Ca l l—InNotjce. The use on encased museum specimens,
which was not subject to the March 1984 Data Call-In,
will be allowed to continue because the current label
instructions are sufficient to reduce applicator exposure
so that the benefits outweighed the risks.
5. Concerns
° Significant data are available which suggest that carbon
tetrachloride poses significant health and environmental
hazards.
o Has been shown to pose acute and subacute poisoning
risks. —

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o Has been shown to cause oncogenic effects in laboratory
animals.
o May contribute to the breakdown of the atmosphere’s
ozone layer.
6. Contact person at EPA : Douglas G. McKinney
EPA
Office of Pesticide Programs
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
DISCLAIMER: The information in this Chemical Information
Sheet is for informational purposes only and may not be used
to fulfill data requirements for pesticide registration or
reregistration.

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