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Nominated Substances: Isophorone
Nomination Date: 09/27/1989
Nominator: NIOSH
Rationale: Potential for exposure of workers; lack of epidemiological and animal toxicity studies of the compound; evidence of carcinogenicity in male mice and rats in a previous 2-year gavage study by the National Toxicology Program (NTP).