Letter B

Benzidine

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A compound used mainly for dyeing textiles and paper that is a known human carcinogen (cancer-causing agent).

Benzidine was one of the first chemicals for which an association of occupational exposure and increased incidence of urinary bladder cancer in humans was reported

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