Dimethyl sulphate - Health-based calculated occupational cancer risk values

Inhalation exposure dimethyl sulphate at the workplace may cause cancer.  The Health Council recommends to classify dimethyl sulphate as ‘presumed to be carcinogenis to humans’ (category 1B). The Health Council is further of the opinion that due to a lack of adequate human and animal data, it is not possible to exactly calculate excess cancer risk (health-based calculated occupational cancer risk values) for dimethyl sulphate. This is written in an advisory report of the Health Council, which today is presented to the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.