The Nation : Chemical Warning Issued
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Public health authorities have identified an ingredient in the making of polyurethane and explosives as a potential cause of cancer and are warning manufacturers to limit worker exposure to the chemical compound. Workers and manufacturers who work with the ingredient, technical grade dinitrotoluene, or DNT, have been warned that it can cause cancer and also fertility problems. About 720 million pounds of technical grade DNT was produced in the United States in 1982.
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