Formic acid; Evaluation of the effects on reproduction, recommendation for classification

Formic acid is a colorless fuming liquid with a highly pungent, penetrating odor. The primary use of formic acid worldwide is as an anti-bacterial agent in animal feeds and as a silage additive. In addition, formic acid has been used as a chemical intermediate in leather processing, rubber manufacture and textile industry.

Committee

• BJ Blaauboer, chairman
  Toxicologist, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht
• AM Bongers, advisor
  Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Den Haag
• JHJ Copius Peereboom-Stegeman
  Toxicologist, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen
• HFP Joosten
  Toxicologist, NV Organon, Department of Toxicology and Drug Disposition, Oss
• D Lindhout
  professor of Medical Genetics, paediatrician, University Medical Centre, Utrecht
• AH Piersma
  Reproductive toxicologist, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven
• N Roeleveld
  Epidemiologist, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen
• DH Waalkens-Berendsen
  Reproductive toxicologist, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist
• PJJM Weterings
  Toxicologist, Weterings Consultancy BV, Rosmalen
• ASAM van der Burght, scientific secretary
  Health Council of the Netherlands, Den Haag