RT Report
T1 Acrylonitrile: Environmental Health Criteria 28
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 World Health Organization, 
A1 International Labour Organisation, 
K1 environmental health
K1 acrylonitrile
K1 waste
K1 toxic substance
K1 carcinogen
K1 mutation
SN 92 4 154088 5
YR 1983
FD 1983
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29323
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29323
NO Acrylonitrile is a colourless, volatile, chemically reactive liquid; it does not occur as a natural product. The monomer is used world-wide, on a large scale, in the manufacture of polymers, fibres, and rubbers and as a chemical intermediate. Acrylonitrile-containing polymers have been used in the manufacture of products that come into contact with food; the amounts of acrylonitrile that migrate into foods can be reduced to negligible quantities by the use of good manufacturing practices in the production of the polymers.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026