Tris is mutagenic[2] and listed as an IARC Group 2A carcinogen.

[3] It is one of the chemicals covered by the Rotterdam Convention.

In the United States, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of children's garments containing tris in 1977.

[4] This regulatory change came about as a result of the research of Bruce Ames and Arlene Blum[5].

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