Dimethylformamid: Forskelle mellem versioner

DMF's potentielle giftighed har fået betydelig opmærksomhed.<ref name=dmf-uses>{{cite journal |author1=Redlich, C. |author2=Beckett, W. S. |author3=Sparer, J. |author4=Barwick, K. W. |author5=Riely, C. A. |author6=Miller, H. |author7=Sigal, S. L. |author8=Shalat, S. L. |author9=Cullen, M. R. | title = Liver disease associated with occupational exposure to the solvent dimethylformamide |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_annals-of-internal-medicine_1988-05_108_5/page/680 | journal = Annals of Internal Medicine | year = 1988 | volume = 108 | issue = 5 | pages = 680–686 | pmid = 3358569 | doi=10.7326/0003-4819-108-5-680}} {{en sprog}}</ref> Ifølge [[International Agency for Research on Cancer]] kan DMF ikke klassificeres som et humant [[carcinogen]],<ref>[http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/ClassificationsAlphaOrder.pdf "Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1–116"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224224313/http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/ClassificationsAlphaOrder.pdf |date=24. december 2017 }} (hentet 8. august 2016). {{en sprog}}</ref> men det er mistænkt for at forårsage medfødte misdannelser.<ref>[http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0759.pdf Hazardous substance fact sheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110144424/http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/0759.pdf |date=10. januar 2017 }} for dimethylformamid (hentet 8. august 2016). {{en sprog}}</ref> I nogle industrisektorer er det derfor forbudt for kvinder at arbejde med DMF. Til mange reaktioner kan i stedet anvendes det mindre giftige opløsningsmiddel [[dimethylsulfoxid]] (DMSO). Mange producenter af DMF angiver "Life" eller "Chronic" som sundhedsfarer i deres [[sikkerhedsdatablad]], idet DMF ikke let udskilles af kroppen.