TY - BOOK ED - International Programme on Chemical Safety. ED - International Labour Organization. ED - United Nations Environment Programme. ED - World Health Organization. TI - Dimethyl sulfate SN - 9241541881 PY - 1985/// CY - Geneva PB - World Health Organization KW - Sulfuric acid esters N2 - Dimethyl sulfate, an oily liquid used extensively as an alkylating agent, is highly toxic for man, with particularly acute effects on the respiratory tract. This document evaluates the risks to human health and the environment from exposure to dimethyl sulfate. Prepared by a 14-member task group of international authorities, the book provides an expert synthesis of current knowledge recorded in close to 150 published reports ER -