Potential halogenated industrial carcinogenic and mutagenic chemicals. III. Alkane halides, alkanols and ethers.

A variety of alkane halides, alkanols and ethers, analogous to the previously considered halogenated unsaturated (Part I) and saturated hydrocarbons (Part II) possess significant utility in a broad spectrum of applications including: solvents, fumigants, propellants and intermediates in the production of other chemicals, textiles, plastics and ion-exchange resins. Ethylene dichloride and dibromide, propylene dichloride; dibromochloropropane; 2-chloroethanol; 1-chloro-2-propanol; 2,3-dibromo-1-propanol; bis(chloromethyl)-, chloromethyl methyl-, bis(2-chloroisopropyl)-, and bis(2-chloroethyl-ethers were reviewed principally in terms of their synthesis, areas of utility, stability, distribution, reactivity, levels of exposure, population at risk, metabolism, carcinogenicity and mutagenicity.