CAS Number
608-93-5
Properties
- colourless to white, needle-shaped crystals
- flammable
- pleasant smell
- is a persistent organic pollutant
Main sources
- waste management
- industrial processes
- intermediate product in the production of pentachloronitrobenzene (quintozene, a fungicide)
- earlier: insulating liquid
Thresholds for the reporting requirement of facilities in accordance with Annex 2 PRTRO
(Ordinance on the Register relating to Pollutant Release and the Transfer of Waste and of Pollutants in Waste Water)
- Air 1 kg/year
- Water 1 kg/year
- Soil 1 kg/year
Impacts
- toxic to humans and animals
- potentially toxic to reproductive systems
- very toxic to aquatic organisms
- bioaccumulation
Measures
- included on the list of banned substances by the Stockholm Convention in May 2009
