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环氧乙烷主要用作生产乙二醇和非离子去污剂,也用作可可豆和香料等的熏蒸剂以及化妆品和医疗外科器械的消毒剂。在英国至少有50家国立医院用环氧乙烷作消毒剂,而在美国大约有75000名卫生保健工作者可能接触环氧乙烷。用细菌、植物、霉菌、昆虫和培养的哺乳动物细胞等试验已经证明,环氧乙烷是一种具有很强致突变力的烷化剂。哺乳动物吸入环氧乙烷后会发生染色体畸变和姊妹染色单体互换。动物实验研究还证明环氧
Ethylene oxide is used primarily for the production of ethylene glycol and nonionic detergents, as well as fumigants such as cacao beans and spices, as well as disinfectants for cosmetic and medical surgical instruments. Ethylene oxide is used as a disinfectant in at least 50 state hospitals in the UK, while around 75,000 health-care workers in the United States are exposed to ethylene oxide. Experiments with bacteria, plants, molds, insects and cultured mammalian cells have demonstrated that ethylene oxide is a very potent mutagenic alkylating agent. Chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid exchange occur when mammals inhale ethylene oxide. Animal experiments have also shown that epoxy