Sciencemadness Discussion Board

Chlorinated solvent toxicity

DraconicAcid - 19-12-2024 at 10:07

Anyone got any sources for the relative toxicities of chlorinated organic solvents? I'd like to phase out DCM, partially due to its unhealthiness, and partially because it evaporates too easily to recover (and I don't want litres of it going up the fume hood).

RU_KLO - 20-12-2024 at 05:48

found this

https://doi.org/10.1177/1091581813482006
Toxicity of Industrially Relevant Chlorinated Organic Solvents In Vitro

Abstract
The cytotoxic effects of 4 industrially important chlorinated organic solvents, dichloromethane (DCM), 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE), trichloroethylene (TCE), and tetrachloroethylene (PERC) in vitro, were investigated.



https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.2530060302
Estimating the toxicity of chlorinated organic compounds using A multiparameter bacterial bioassay



https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02732...
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-2300(05)80025-X
Chapter 9: Chlorinated organic solvents