Environmental & Human Health, Inc.
12 CARCINOGENS
2-mercaptobenzothiazole
Carcinogen, toxic to aquatic life
9,10-dimethylanthracene
Carcinogen, respiratory irritant and can cause asthma
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Carcinogen, may cause damage to fetuses
Fluoranthene
Carcinogen, one of the US EPA's 16 priority pollutants, a PAH
Heptadecane
Carcinogen
Phenol, 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-
Carcinogen
Phenanthrene
Carcinogen, a PAH
Phthalimide
Carcinogen, skin, eye and lung irritant. A fungicide.
Pyrene, 1-methyl-
Carcinogen
Tetratriacontane
Carcinogen, eye and skin irritant. Can cause systemic damage to central nervous system.
Pyrene
Carcinogen, toxic to liver and kidneys, a PAH
Carbon Black
Carcinogen
Carbon Black makes up to 20% to 30 % of every tire. It is used as a reinforcing filler. Carbon Black is listed as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Carbon Black, as such, was not analyzed by the Yale Study because Carbon Black is made up of a number of chemicals — some of which were found in the Yale study. Carbon Black is not one chemical — it is made up of many chemicals — often of petroleum products.
Furthermore, carbon black has no fixed composition, even of the many compounds it contains. Carbon black from different sources will have differing compositions. In our method, carbon black will register as a series of substances extracted from it. There is no carbon black molecule, it's a mixture.
20 IRRITANTS
1,4-Benzenediamine, N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-
Irritant — causes skin and eye irritation, toxic to aquatic life
1,4-Benzenediamine, N-(1-methylethyl)-N'-phenyl-
Irritant — causes skin and eye irritation, toxic to aquatic life
2(3H)-Benzothiazolone
Irritant — causes skin and lung irritation
2-Dodecen-1-yl(-)succinic anhydride
Irritant — causes eye, skin and lung irritation
3,5-di-tert-Butyl-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde
Irritant — causes eye, skin and lung irritation
Anthracene
Irritant — causes skin, eye and respiratory irritation. Breathing it can irritate the nose, throat and lungs causing coughing and wheezing.
Benzenamine, 4-octyl-N-(4-octylphenyl)-
Irritant — causes eye and skin irritation
Benzenesulfonanilide
Considered hazardous, very little testing has been done on it.
Benzothiazole, 2-(methylthio)-
Irritant — causes skin and eye irritation
Dehydroabietic acid
Toxic to aquatic organisms
Docosane
Irritant — causes skin irritation
Hexadecanoic acid, butyl ester
Irritant — causes eye, skin and lung irritation. Can cause reproductive effects.
Methyl stearate
Irritant — causes eye, skin and lung irritation
Octadecane
Irritant — causes skin, eye and lung irritation
Octadecanoic acid also known as Stearic acid
Irritant — causes skin, eye and respiratory irritation
Oleic Acid
Irritant — causes skin and eye irritation
Phenol, 2,2'-methylenebis[6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-ethyl-
Irritant — causes skin, eye and respiratory irritation
Tetradecanoic acid
Toxic to aquatic organisms. Skin and eye irritant
Anthracene, 2-methyl-
Acute aquatic toxicity, Not much data available — what there is shows it to be an eye, skin and lung irritant
Anthracene, 9-methyl-
Acute aquatic toxicity, serious eye irritant