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Diss Factsheets

Administrative data

Description of key information

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Skin sensitisation

Endpoint conclusion
Additional information:

Due to the corrosive property of cresols which led to the label R 34 (R67/548/EEC, 19. ATP) and according to the specific rules (Column 2) of Annex VII Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH) testing for sensitisation needs not to be conducted.


Migrated from Short description of key information:
Due to the corrosive property of cresols (R67/548/EEC, 19. ATP) and according to the specific rules (Column 2) of Annex VII Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH) testing for sensitizational effects needs not to be conducted.

Respiratory sensitisation

Endpoint conclusion
Additional information:
Migrated from Short description of key information:
Due to the corrosive property of cresols (R67/548/EEC, 19. ATP) and according to the specific rules (Column 2) of Annex VII Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH) testing for sensitizational effects needs not to be conducted.

Justification for classification or non-classification

Due to their corrosive effects cresols have not to be classified for sensitising potential according to DSD and CLP.