Stibine; Evaluation of the carcinogenicity and genotoxicity

At request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands evaluates and judges the carcinogenic properties of substances to which workers are occupationally exposed. The evaluation is performed by the subcommittee on Classifying Carcinogenic Substances of the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Standards of the Health Council, hereafter called the committee. In this report, the committee evaluated stibine. Stibine is used as dopant in the microelectronics industry, and is released during charging of lead-acid batteries.

The committee concludes that stibine cannot be classified, due to a lack of carcinogenicity data.