TY - BOOK ID - 149885440 TI - Chlorinated Naphthalenes AU - Howe, P.D. AU - Howe, Paul AU - International Labour Organisation AU - United Nations Environment Programme PY - 2001 SN - 9240686681 PB - Geneva : World Health Organization, DB - UniCat KW - Environmental Exposure. KW - Naphthalene -- Toxicology. KW - Naphthalenes -- toxicity. KW - Occupational Exposure. KW - Risk Assessment. KW - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. KW - Environmental Pollution KW - Polycyclic Compounds KW - Hydrocarbons, Aromatic KW - Public Health KW - Hydrocarbons, Cyclic KW - Environment and Public Health KW - Chemicals and Drugs KW - Hydrocarbons KW - Delivery of Health Care. KW - Organic Chemicals KW - Naphthalenes KW - Environmental Exposure UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149885440 AB - This book evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposures to chlorinated naphthalenes. They are a group of com-pounds based on the naphthalene ring system but where one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine. There are 75 possible congeners of chlorinated naphthalenes. Commercial products are generally mix-tures of several congeners and range from thin liquids to hard waxes to high melting point solids. Their main uses have been in cable insulation wood preservation engine oil additives electroplating masking compounds capaci-tors and refractive index ER -