National Toxicology Program

(CAS # 95-69-2 and 3165-93-3)

• Primary Uses or Exposures: p -Chloro-o-Toluidine and its Hydrochloride Salt are used commercially to produce azo dyes for cotton, silk, acetate, and nylon and as intermediates in the production of Pigment Red 7 and Pigment Yellow 49.
• Nominated by: NIEHS
• Basis for Nomination: IARC¹ classification probably carcinogenic to humans based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals
• Current Status: Listed in the RoC as reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen since the 8th RoC (1998)

¹ International Agency For Research On Cancer (IARC)