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Glyoxal (Concise International Chemical Assessment Document, No. 57) (Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents)
Glyoxal - Concise International Chemical Assessment Document, No. 57 - Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents Author:World Health Organization This book evaluates the risk to human health and the environment posed by exposures to glyoxal. Glyoxal is used as a chemical intermediate in the production of pharmaceuticals and dyestuffs, as a cross-linking agent in the production of a range of different polymers, as a biocide, and as a disinfecting agent. Glyoxal is frequently detected in ... more »fermented food and beverages since it is produced by microbial activity as well as non-enzymatic autoxidation of oil or browning reactions of saccharides. The general population is exposed mainly through ingestion of glyoxal-containing food, but could be exposed through polluted air in urban regions and through traces of glyoxal in drinking-water. The main routes of occupational exposure to glyoxal during use as a disinfectant are via inhalation of aerosol or dermal absorption.« less