1.
Mutat Res
; 277(3): 173-85, 1992 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1381048
2.
Arch Toxicol
; 37(3): 233-6, 1977 Jul 19.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-332116
ABSTRACT
Technical trichloroethylene has been found carcinogenic in mice after high daily doses per os. A GC-MS analysis of this technical sample revealed the presence of considerable amounts of epichlorohydrin and 1.2-epoxibutane as stabilizers. These epoxides are highly mutagenic in the Ames test and are, most probably, responsible for the carcinogenic effect found in mice. The question whether trichloroethylene is carcinogenic or not remains open.