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SELECT ONE 1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE 1,2-DIBROMOMETHANE 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE 1,2-EPOXYPROPANE 1,3-BUTADIENE 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE (TECHNICAL GRADE) 1,3-PROPANE SULTONE 1,4-BUTANEDIOL DIMETHANESULFONATE 1,4-DIOXANE 1,6-DINITROPYRENE 1,8-DIHYDROXY-ANTHRAQUINONE 1,8-DINITROPYRENE 1-(2-CHLOROETHYL)-3-(4-METHYLCYCLOHEXYL)-1-NITROSOUREA 1-(2-CHLOROETHYL)-3-CYCLOHEXYL-1-NITROSOUREA 1-AMINO-2,4-DIBROMOANTHRAQUINONE 1-AMINO-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE 1-METHYL-3-NITRO-1-NITROSOGUANIDINE 1-NITROPYRENE 2 3 EPOXY PROPANOL-1 2 3 DIBROMOPROPANOL 2, 4-DIAMINOTOLUENE 2,2-BIS(BROMOMETHYL)-1,3-PROPANEDIOL 2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 2,4,6-TRICHLOROPHENOL 2,4-DIAMINOANISOLE SULFATE 2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE 2-AMINO-1-METHYL-6-PHENYLIMIDAZO[4,5-B]PYRIDINE (PHIP) 2-AMINO-3,4-DIMETHYLIMIDAZO-[4,5-F ]QUINOLINE (MEIQ) 2-AMINO-3,8-DIMETHYLIMIDAZO[4,5-F ]QUINOXALINE (MEIQX) 2-AMINO-3-METHYLIMIDAZO[4,5-F ]QUINOLINE (IQ) 2-AMINOANTHRAQUINONE 2-NAPHTHYLAMINE 3,3'-DICHLOROBENZIDINE 3,3'-DIMETHOXYBENZIDINE 3,3´-DIMETHYLBENZIDINE 3-CHLORO-2-METHYLPROPENE 4,4' TETRAMETHYLDIAMINOBENZOPHENONE 4,4'-METHYLENEBIS(2-CHLOROANILINE) 4,4´-METHYLENEDIANILINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE 4,4´-OXYDIANILINE 4,4´-THIODIANILINE 4-(N-NITROSOMETHYLAMINO)-1-(3-PYRIDYL)-1-BUTANONE 4-AMINOBIPHENYL 4-CHLORO-1,2-PHENYLENE-DIAMINE 4-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE 4-NITROBIPHENYL 4-NITROPYRENE 4-VINYLCYCLONHEXENE-DIOXIDE 5-METHYLCHRYSENE 6-(METHYL-P-NITRO-5-IMIDAZOLYL)-MERCAPTOPURINE 6-NITROCHRYSENE 7H-DIBENZO[C,G]CARBAZOLE ACETALDEHYDE ACRYLAMIDE STOCK SOLUTION ACRYLONITRILE ADRIAMYCIN® (DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE) AFLATOXINS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION ALPHA-NAPHTHYLAMINE ANALGESIC MIXTURES CONTAINING PHENACETIN ARSENIC COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIAL AZACITIDINE BENZENE BENZIDINE BENZOPYRENE BENZOTRICHLORIDE BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE BENZO[J]FLUORANTHENE BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE BERYLLIUM BETA-PROPIOLACTONE BIS(CHLOROETHYL) NITROSOUREA BROMODICHLOROMETHANE BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE C.I. BASIC RED 9 MONOHYDROCHLORIDE CADMIUM CAMPHECHLOR CARBON-TETRACHLORIDE CERAMIC FIBERS (RESPIRABLE SIZE) CHLORAMBUCIL CHLORAMPHENICOL CHLORENDIC ACID CHLORINATED PARAFFINS (C12, 60% CHLORINE) CHLOROFORM CHLOROMETHYL ETHER CHLOROPRENE CHLOROZOTOCIN CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT COMPOUNDS CISPLATIN COAL TARS AND COAL TAR PITCHES COBALT-SULFATE COKE OVEN EMMISSIONS CUPFERRON CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE CYCLOSPORIN A DACARBAZINE DIAZOAMINOBENZENE DIBENZO[A,E]PYRENE DIBENZO[A,H]PYRENE DIBENZO[A,I]PYRENE DIBENZO[A,L]PYRENE DIBENZ[A,H]ACRIDINE DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE DIBENZ[A,J]ACRIDINE DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE (DDT) DICHLOROMETHANE DIEPOXYBUTANE DIESEL EXHAUST PARTICULATES DIETHYL SULFATE DIETHYLSTILBESTROL DIGLYCIDYL RESORCINOL ETHER DIMETHYL-SULFATE DIMETHYLCARBAMYL CHLORIDE DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE DIMETHYLVINYL CHLORIDE DISPERSE BLUE 1 DYES METABOLIZED TO 3,3´-DIMETHOXYBENZIDINE (3,3´-DIMETHOXYBENZIDINE DYE CLASS) DYES METABOLIZED TO 3,3´-DIMETHYLBENZIDINE (3,3´-DIMETHYLBENZIDINE DYE CLASS) ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE EPICHLOROHYDRIN ESTROGENS, STEROIDAL ETHYL METHANESULFONATE ETHYLENE OXIDE ETHYLENE THIOUREA ETHYLENEIMINE FORMALDEHYDE FURAN GLASS WOOL (RESPIRABLE SIZE) HEPATITIS B VIRUS HEPATITIS C VIRUS HEXACHLOROBENZENE HEXACHLOROETHANE HEXAMETHYLPHOSPHORAMIDE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUSES: SOME GENETAL-MUCOSAL TYPES HYDRAZINE HYDRAZINE SULFATE HYDRAZOBENZENE INDENO[1,2,3-CD]PYRENE IONIZING RADIATION IRON DEXTRAN COMPLEX ISOPRENE KEPONE (CHLORDECONE) LEAD AND LEAD COMPOUNDS LINDANE AND OTHER HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE ISOMERS MELPHALAN METALLIC NICKEL METHOXSALEN WITH ULTRAVIOLET A THERAPY (PUVA) METHYL METHANESULFONATE METHYLENEDIANILINE METHYLEUGENOL METRONIDAZOLE MINERAL OILS (UNTREATED AND MILDLY TREATED) MIREX MUSTARD GAS N-NITROSO DIMETHYLAMINE N-NITROSO-N-ETHYLUREA N-NITROSO-N-METHYLUREA N-NITROSODI-N-BUTYLAMINE N-NITROSODI-N-PROPYLAMINE N-NITROSODIETHANOLAMINE N-NITROSODIETHYLAMINE N-NITROSOMETHYLVINYLAMINE N-NITROSOMORPHOLINE N-NITROSONORNICOTINE N-NITROSOPIPERIDINE N-NITROSOPYRROLIDINE N-NITROSOSARCOSINE NAPHTHALENE NICKEL COMPOUNDS NITRILOTRIACETIC-ACID NITROBENZENE NORETHINDRONE O- TOLUIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE O-AMINOAZOTOLUENE O-ANISIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE O-NITROANISOLE O-TOLUIDINE OCHRATOXIN A OXYMETHOLONE P-CHLORO-O-TOLUIDINE P-CHLORO-O-TOLUIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE P-CRESIDINE PHENACETIN PHENAZOPYRIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE PHENOLPHTHALEIN PHENOXYBENZAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE PHENYTOIN PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2-ETHYL HEXYL ESTER) POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBBS) POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) PROCARBAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE PROGESTERONE PROPYLENEIMINE PROPYLTHIOURACIL RADON RESERPINE SAFROLE SELENIUM SULFIDE SILICA, CRYSTALLINE (RESPIRABLE SIZE) SMOKELESS TOBACCO SOOTS STREPTOZOTOCIN STRONG INORGANIC ACID MISTS CONTAINING SULFURIC ACID STYRENE OXIDE SULFALLATE SUNLAMPS OR SUNBEDS, EXPOSURE TO TAMOXIFEN TECHNICAL-GRADE CHLOROMETHYL METHYL ETHER TETRACHLOROETHYLENE TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE TETRANITROMETHANE THIOACETAMIDE THIOTEPA THIOUREA THORIUM DIOXIDE TOBACCO SMOKING TOLUENE DIISOCYANATES TRICHLOROETHYLENE TRIS(2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL) PHOSPHATE ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, BROAD SPECTRUM UV RADIATION URETHANE VINYL BROMIDE VINYL CHLORIDE VINYL FLUORIDE WOOD DUST



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• Reasonably Anticipated to Be Human Carcinogens (PDF), NTP

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