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Asthma Triggers and Asthmagens

    Chlorine
    Epoxy
 

 

Chlorine
CAS# 7782-50-5

Where is it Commonly Found?

Found in many cleaning solutions

Also found in the manufacturing processes of the following substances orginally listed on the Precatuionary List (to name a few):
Chlorinated polyethylene (CPE)
Chlorinated polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC)
Chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE)
Chloroprene
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

ASTHMA TRIGGER AND / OR ASTHMAGEN?
Condition is True
Asthma Trigger
Condition is True
Asthmagen

*We are following the European Union principles on asthma where the focus is on evidence that a substance has the ability to cause asthma, rather than on the existence of a specific underlying mechanism.

Sources

Asmanet -The Table of Agents and Substances that cause Occupational Asthma Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Link 1 The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Link 2