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Carbon Disulfide

Level 4Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary

Carbon Disulfide is a solvent processing aid — Fumigant for cereal grains

What it does

Fumigant for cereal grains

Where you'll see it

Cereal grains as fumigant

What the research says

Extremely hazardous. Human poison by ingestion. Mildly toxic to humans by inhalation.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: Number 176 on CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances

Sources

  • A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): Extremely hazardous. A human poison by ingestion