2.1.8 Genetic Toxicity

In in vivo experiments ethylbenzene was not genotoxic and not chromosome damaging. In in vitro mutagenicity tests ethylbenzene did not show an effect, however, in a few isolated tests positive results occurred. The weight of evidence indicates that ethylbenzene is not genotoxic.

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