Potassium cyanide - Evaluation of the carcionogenicity and genotoxicity

At the request of the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, the Health Council of the Netherlands evaluates the carcinogenic properties of substances to which workers are occupationally exposed. The evaluation is performed by the Subcommittee on the Classification of Carcinogenic Substances of the Dutch Expert Committee on Occupational Safety of the Health Council. In this report, the Committee evaluated potassium cyanide. The compound is widely used in electroplating and in the synthesis of organic and inorganic compounds. The Committee is of the opinion that the available data are insufficient to evaluate the carcinogenic properties of metallic chromium (category 3).