Table 2.
Results of the CAREX Canada 2015 prioritization exercise for new profile preparation (n = 103)
| High priority exposures, n = 11 | ||
| Pesticides | Industrial chemicals | Metals |
| 2,4-DP | 1-Bromopropane | Welding fume |
| Diazinon | 1,2-Dichloropropane | |
| DDT | Acrolein | Other |
| Dimethylformamide | Gasoline engine exhaust | |
| Fibers/dusts | Furan | |
| Carbon nanotubes | ||
| Medium priority exposures, n = 33 | ||
| Pesticides | Industrial chemicals | Fibres/dusts |
| Atrazine | 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol | Coal dust |
| Carbaryl | 2- and 4-Methylimidazole | Erionite |
| Chlorpyrifos | 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole | Silicon carbide fibers |
| EPTC | Anthracene | Silicon carbide whiskers |
| Pendimethalin | Bisphenol A | |
| Permethrin | Cumene | Metals |
| Polychlorophenols | Ethyl acrylate | Tungsten |
| Tetrachlorvinphos | Hydrazine | |
| Metalworking fluids | Pharmaceuticals | |
| Exposure circumstances | Methanol | Cyclosporine |
| Job stress | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Metronidazole |
| Sedentary work | Methyl tert-butyl ether | |
| Molybdenum trioxide | ||
| Perfluoro-octanoic acid | ||
| Phenyl and octyl tin compounds | ||
| Tetrabromobisphenol A | ||
| Low priority exposures, n = 59 | ||
| Pesticides | Fibres/dusts | Hormones |
| 1,3-Dichloropropene | Palygorskite | Diethylstilbestrol |
| 2,4,5-T | Estrogens | |
| Aldrin and dieldrin | Oral contraceptives | |
| Biphenyl | ||
| Hexachlorobenzene | ||
| Parathion | ||
| Sodium o-phenylphenate | ||
| Industrial chemicals | Industrial chemicals | Industrial chemicals |
| 1,3-Propane sultone | Anthraquinone | N-Nitrosodiethanolamine∗ |
| 1,4-Dichloro-2-nitrobenzene | Aspartame and sucralose | N-Nitrosodiethylamine∗ |
| 1-Amino-2,4-dibromoanthraquinone | Benzophenone | N-Nitrosodimethylamine∗ |
| 2,4-Diaminotoluene | Beta-myrcene | N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine∗ |
| 2,4-Dichloro-1-nitrobenzene | Beta-picoline | N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine∗ |
| 2,4-Dinitrotoluene | Bromochloroacetic acid | N-Nitrosomethylethylamine∗ |
| 2,4-Hexadienal | Butyl benzyl phthalate | N-Nitrosomorpholine∗ |
| 2,6-Dinitrotoluene | Catechol | N-Nitrosopiperidine∗ |
| 2-Amino-4-chlorophenol | Chloral and chloral hydrate | N-Nitrosopyrrolidine∗ |
| 2-Chloronitrobenzene | Diethanolamine | p-Chloroaniline |
| 2-Nitropropane | Ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE) | Tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) |
| 2-Nitrotoluene | Indium tin oxide | Trimethylolpropane triacrylate |
| 3-Chloro-2-methylpropene | Isoprene | Vinyl acetate |
| 3-Monochloro-1,2-propanediol | Methyleugenol | Vinyl chloride |
| 4-Chloronitrobenzene | N,N-Dimethylacetamide | |
| 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural | N,N-Dimethyl-p-toluidine | |
| Allyl chloride | Nitrilotriacetic acid | |
2,4-DP: 2-(2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)propionic acid (or Dichlorprop); DDT: Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; EPTC: S-Ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate (or Eptam).
∗
Consider together in one profile, due to overlapping exposure situations (nitrosamines are not often encountered in isolation). The total number of n = 59 exposures, however, includes all of these substances individually.