Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 266-005-7 | CAS number: 65996-72-7 The dust generated during the charging, operation, and tapping of a steelmaking furnace and from steel conditioning, including that which is recovered through the use of pollution abatement equipment. Composed primarily of iron oxides. May contain varying amounts of other metallic oxides and trace compounds.
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Description of key information
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Skin sensitisation
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- adverse effect observed (sensitising)
- Additional information:
The test substance Dust, steelmaking was qualified as skin sensitizing.
Migrated from Short description of key information:
The Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA) with radionuclides was used. The testing was conducted according to the EU Method B.42, Skin sensitization: Local Lymph Node Assay. The test substance Dust, steelmaking gave a positive result in the LLNA test. The positive results in cell proliferation revealed that the test substance Dust, steelmaking may be a potential contact allergen.
Justification for classification or non-classification
The test substance Dust, steelmaking was qualified as skin sensitizing.
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