home help? Causes Select a cause from this list 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloro-2,2-difluoroethane 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloro-1,2-difluoroethane 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,1-Dichloro-1-nitroethane 1,1-Dichloroethane 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine 1,2,3-Trichloropropane 1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane 1,2-Dichloroethylene 1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene 1,3-Butadiene 1,3-Dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin 1,3-Dichloropropene 1-Chloro-1-nitropropane 1-Decanethiol 1-Dodecanethiol 1-Heptanethiol 1-Hexadecanethiol 1-Nitropropane 1-Nonanethiol 1-Octadecanethiol 1-Octanethiol 1-Pentanethiol 1-Propanethiol 1-Undecanethiol 2,2-Dichloropropionic acid 2,4,5-T 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene 2,4-D 2,4-Diaminoanisole salts 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-p-cresol 2-Acetylaminofluorene 2-Aminopyridine 2-Butanone 2-Butoxyethanol 2-Butoxyethanol acetate 2-Chloro6-trichloromethyl pyridine 2-Diethylaminoethanol 2-Ethoxyethanol 2-Ethoxyethyl acetate 2-Hexanone 2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate 2-Isopropoxyethanol 2-N-Dibutylaminoethanol 2-Nitronaphthalene 2-Nitropropane 2-Pentanone 3,3-Dichlorobenzidine 4,4-Methylenebis(2-chloroaniline) 4,4-Methylenedianiline 4,4-Thiobis(6-tert-butyl-m-cresol) 4-Aminodiphenyl 4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene 4-Methoxyphenol 4-Nitrobiphenyl 5-Methyl-3-heptanone ANTU Acetaldehyde Acetic acid Acetic anhydride Acetone Acetone cyanohydrin Acetonitrile Acetylene Acetylene tetrabromide Acetylsalicyclic acid Acrolein Acrylamide Acrylic acid Acrylonitrile Adiponitrile Aldrin Allyl alcohol Allyl chloride Allyl glycidyl ether Allyl propyl disulfide Aluminium Aluminium (soluble salts & alkyls) Aluminum powders & welding fumes Amitrole Ammonia Ammonium chloride fume Ammonium sulfamate Aniline (and homologs) Antibiotics Antimony Arsenic (inorganic compounds) Arsenic (organic compounds) Arsine Asbestos Asphalt fumes Atrazine Azinphos-methyl Barium chloride Barium nitrate Barium sulphate Benomyl Benzene Benzenethiol Benzidine Benzoyl peroxide Benzyl chloride Beryllium and compounds Bis(2-(Dimethylamino) ethyl) ether Bismuth telluride Bismuth telluride/ Selenium sulfide Borates, tetra sodium salts (Decahydrate) Borates, tetra, sodium salts (Anhydrous) Borates, tetra, sodium salts (Pent) Boron oxide Boron tribromide Boron trifluoride Bromacil Bromine Bromine pentafluoride Bromoform Butyl acrylate Butylate Cadmium dust Cadmium fume Caesium hydroxide Calcium arsenate Calcium carbonate Calcium cyanamide Calcium hydroxide Calcium oxide Calcium silicate Calcium sulphate Camphor Caprolactam Captafol Captan Carbaryl Carbofuran Carbon black Carbon dioxide Carbon disulfide Carbon monoxide Carbon tetrabromide Carbon tetrachloride Carbonyl fluoride Catechol Cellulose Chlordane Chlorinated camphene Chlorinated diphenyl oxide Chlorine Chlorine dioxide Chlorine trifluoride Chloroacetaldehyde Chloroacetyl chloride Chlorobenzene Chlorobromomethane Chlorodifluoromethane Chlorodiphenyl (42% chlorine) Chlorodiphenyl (54% chlorine) Chloroform Chloromethyl methyl ether Chloropentafluoroethane Chloropicrin Chlorpyrifos Chromic acid and chromates Chromium metal Chromium(II) compounds Chromium(III) compounds Chromyl chloride Clopidol Coal dust Coal tar pitch volatiles Cobalt carbonyl Cobalt hydrocarbonyl Cobalt metal dust and fume Coffee Coke oven emissions Copper dusts Copper fume Cotton dust Coumaphos Crag® herbicide Crotonaldehyde Crufomate Cumene Cyanamide Cyanogen Cyanogen chloride Cyclohexane Cyclohexanethiol Cyclohexanol Cyclohexanone Cyclohexene Cyclohexylamine Cyclonite Cyclopentadiene Cyclopentane Cyhexatin DDT Decaborane Demeton Di-sec octyl phthalate Diacetone alcohol Diazinon® Diazomethane Diborane Dibrom Dibutyl phosphate Dibutyl phthalate Dichloroacetylene Dichlorodifluoromethane Dichloroethyl ether Dichloromonofluoromethane Dichlorotetrafluoroethane Dichlorvos Dicrotophos Dicyclopentadiene Dicyclopentadienyl iron Dieldrin Diesel exhaust Diethanolamine Diethyl ketone Diethyl phthalate Diethylamine Diethylenetriamine Difluorodibromomethane Diglycidyl ether Diisobutyl ketone Diisononyl phthalate Diisopropylamine Dimethyl acetamide Dimethyl carbamoyl chloride Dimethyl sulphate Dimethylamine Dimethylaminopropionitrile Dimethylformamide Dimethylphthalate Dinitolmide Dinitro-o-cresol Dinitrotoluene Dioxane Dioxathion Dioxin Diphenyl Diphenylamine Dipropyl ketone Dipropylene glycol methyl ether Diquat Disulfiram Disulfoton Diuron Divinyl benzene EPN Emery Endosulfan Endrin Enflurane Epichlorohydrin Ethanolamine Ethion Ethyl acetate Ethyl acrylate Ethyl alcohol Ethyl benzene Ethyl bromide Ethyl butyl ketone Ethyl chloride Ethyl ether Ethyl formate Ethyl mercaptan Ethyl silicate Ethylamine Ethylene chlorohydrin Ethylene dibromide Ethylene dichloride Ethylene glycol Ethylene glycol dinitrate Ethylene oxide Ethylene thiourea Ethylenediamine Ethyleneimine Ethylidene norbornene Fenamiphos Fensulfothion Fenthion Ferbam Ferrovanadium dust Fibrous glass dust Fluorine Fluorotrichloromethane Fluoroxene Fonofos Formaldehyde Formalin (37% formaldehyde solution) Formamide Formic acid Furfural Furfuryl alcohol Germanium tetrahydride Glutaraldehyde Glycerin (mist) Glycidol Glycolonitrile Grain dust (oats, wheat, barley) Graphite (natural) Graphite (synthetic) Gypsum Hafnium Halothane Heptachlor Hexachlorobutadiene Hexachlorocyclopentadiene Hexachloroethane Hexachloronaphthalene Hexafluoroacetone Hexamethyl phosphoramide Hexamethylene diisocyanate Hexane isomers (excluding n-Hexane) Hexone Hexylene Hydrazine Hydrogen bromide Hydrogen chloride Hydrogen cyanide Hydrogen fluoride Hydrogen peroxide Hydrogen selenide Hydrogen sulphide Hydrogenated terphenyls Hydroquinone Indene Indium Iodine Iodoform Iron oxide dust and fume Iron pentacarbonyl Iron salts Isoamyl acetate Isoamyl alcohol (primary) Isoamyl alcohol (secondary) Isobutane Isobutyl acetate Isobutyl alcohol Isobutyronitrile Isooctyl alcohol Isophorone Isophorone diisocyanate Isopropyl acetate Isopropyl alcohol Isopropyl ether Isopropyl glycidyl ether Isopropylamine Kaolin Kepone Kerosene Ketene L.P.G. Lead Limestone Lindane Lithium hydride MMT Magnesite Magnesium oxide fume Malathion Maleic anhydride Malonaldehyde Malononitrile Manganese compounds and fume Manganese cyclopentadienyl tricarbonyl Manganese tetroxide Marble Mercury compounds Mercury organo alkyl compounds Mesityl oxide Metal fumes Methacrylic acid Methomyl Methoxychlor Methoxyflurane Methyl (n-amyl) ketone Methyl Cellosolve® Methyl Cellosolve® acetate Methyl acetate Methyl acetylene Methyl acetylene-propadiene mixture Methyl acrylate Methyl alcohol Methyl bromide Methyl chloride Methyl chloroform Methyl demeton Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide Methyl formate Methyl hydrazine Methyl iodide Methyl isoamyl ketone Methyl isobutyl carbinol Methyl isocyanate Methyl isopropyl ketone Methyl mercaptan Methyl methacrylate Methyl parathion Methyl silicate Methyl-2-cyanoacrylate Methylacrylonitrile Methylal Methylamine Methylcyclohexane Methylcyclohexanol Methylene bis(4-cyclohexylisocyanate) Methylene bisphenyl isocyanate Methylene chloride Metribuzin Mica (with less than 1% quartz) Mineral wool fibre Molybdenum Molybdenum (soluble compounds) Monocrotophos Monomethyl aniline Morpholine N,N-Dimethylaniline N-Ethylmorpholine N-Isopropylaniline N-Nitrosodimethylamine N-Phenyl-beta-naphthylamine Naphtha (coal tar) Naphthalene Naphthalene diisocyanate Niax® Catalyst ESN Nickel carbonyl Nickel metal and other compounds Nicotine Nitric acid Nitric oxide Nitrobenzene Nitroethane Nitrogen Dioxide Nitrogen trifluoride Nitroglycerine Nitromethane Nitrous oxide Nonane Octachloronaphthalene Octane Oil mist Osmium tetroxide Oxalic acid Oxygen difluoride Ozone PCBs Paraffin wax fume Paraquat Parathion Particulates Pentaborane Pentachloroethane Pentachloronaphthalene Pentachlorophenol Pentaerythritol Perchloromethyl mercaptan Perchloryl fluoride Perlite Petrol Petroleum distillates (naphtha) Phenol Phenothiazine Phenyl ether (vapour) Phenyl ether-biphenyl mixture Phenyl glycidyl ether Phenylhydrazine Phenylphosphine Phorate Phosdrin Phosgene Phosphine Phosphoric acid Phosphorus (yellow) Phosphorus oxychloride Phosphorus pentachloride Phosphorus pentasulfide Phosphorus trichloride Phthalic anhydride Picloram Picric acid Pindone Piperazine dihydrochloride Plaster of Paris Platinum Portland cement Potassium cyanide Potassium hydroxide Propane Propane sultone Propargyl alcohol Propionic acid Propionitrile Propoxur Propylene dichloride Propylene glycol dinitrate Propylene glycol monomethyl ether Propylene imine Propylene oxide Pyrethrum Pyridine Quinone Radiation Resorcinol Rhodium (soluble compounds) Rhodium fumes & insoluble compounds Ronnel Rosin core solder, bi-products Rotenone Rouge Sec-Hexyl acetate Selenium Selenium hexafluoride Silica dust Silica, amorphous Silicon Silicon carbide Silicon tetrahydride Silver (metal dust & soluble compounds) Soapstone Sodium aluminium fluoride Sodium azide Sodium bisulfite Sodium cyanide Sodium fluoride Sodium fluoroacetate Sodium hydroxide Sodium metabisulfite Starch Stibine Stoddard solvent Strychnine Styrene Subtilisins Succinonitrile Sucrose Sulphur dioxide Sulphur hexafluoride Sulphur monochloride Sulphur pentafluoride Sulphur tetrafluoride Sulphuric acid Sulphuryl fluoride Sulprofos TEDP TEPP Talc Tantalum (metal and oxide dust) Tea Tellurium Tellurium hexafluoride Temephos Tetrachloroethylene Tetrachloronaphthalene Tetraethyl lead Tetrahydrofuran Tetramethyl lead Tetramethyl succinonitrile Tetranitromethane Tetrasodium pyrophosphate Tetryl Thallium (soluble compounds) Thioglycolic acid Thionyl chloride Thiram Tin Tin (organic compounds) Tin(II) oxide Tin(IV) oxide Titanium dioxide Tobacco smoking Toluene Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate Toluenediamine Tributyl phosphate Trichloroacetic acid Trichloroethylene Trichloronaphthalene Triethylamine Trifluorobromomethane Trimellitic anhydride Trimethyl phosphite Trimethylamine Triorthocresyl phosphate Triphenyl phosphate Triphenylamine Tungsten Tungsten (soluble compounds) Tungsten carbide (cemented) Turpentine Uranium (insoluble compounds) Uranium (soluble compounds) VM & P Naphtha Vanadium dust Vanadium fume Vegetable oil mist Vinyl acetate Vinyl bromide Vinyl chloride Vinyl cyclohexene dioxide Vinyl fluoride Vinyl toluene Vinylidene chloride Vinylidene fluoride Warfarin Welding fumes Wood dust Xylidine Yttrium Zinc chloride fume Zinc oxide Zinc stearate Zirconium compounds alpha-Alumina alpha-Chloroacetophenone alpha-Methyl styrene alpha-Naphthylamine beta-Chloroprene beta-Naphthylamine beta-Propiolactone bis-Chloromethyl ether m-Cresol m-Dinitrobenzene m-Nitrotoluene m-Phthalodinitrile m-Terphenyl m-Toluidine m-Xylene m-Xylene-alpha,alpha-diamine n-Amyl acetate n-Butane n-Butyl acetate n-Butyl alcohol n-Butyl glycidyl ether n-Butyl lactate n-Butyl mercaptan n-Butylamine n-Butyronitrile n-Heptane n-Hexane n-Hexanethiol n-Pentane n-Propyl acetate n-Propyl alcohol n-Propyl nitrate n-Valeraldehyde o-Anisidine o-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile o-Chlorostyrene o-Chlorotoluene o-Cresol o-Dianisidine o-Dichlorobenzene o-Dinitrobenzene o-Methylcyclohexanone o-Nitrotoluene o-Terphenyl o-Tolidine o-Toluidine o-Xylene o-sec-Butylphenol p-Anisidine p-Cresol p-Dichlorobenzene p-Dinitrobenzene p-Nitroaniline p-Nitrochlorobenzene p-Nitrotoluene p-Phenylene diamine p-Terphenyl p-Toluidine p-Xylene p-tert-Butyltoluene sec-Amyl acetate sec-Butyl acetate sec-Butyl alcohol tert-Butyl acetate tert-Butyl alcohol tert-Butyl chromate Symptoms Eye irritation Skin irritation Dyspnoea Skin, dermatitis Cough Upper respiratory irritation Synonyms & Trade Names Borax pentahydrate, Sodium borate pentahydrate, Sodium tetraborate pentahydrate Physical Description Colourless to white, odourless crystals or powder. Uses Herbicide Exposure Routes Inhalation Ingestion Skin and/or eye contact.