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ethylenethiourea

12/02/2017 / By Rita Winters

Ethylenethiourea – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Ethylenethiourea (ethylene thiourea) is an organosulfur chemical used in the rubber industry as an accelerator for vulcanizing polychloroprene (neoprene) and other rubber products. It is made from ethylenediamine and carbon disulfide in aqueous alcohol. This chemical is also an environmental degradation product, an impurity and metabolite of ethylenebisdithiocarbamate fungicides for agricultural crops. It takes the […]

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