Oral toxicity data of 35 typical explosive chemicals (nitrobenzenes, nitrotoluenes, nitroanilines, nitroxylenes, esters of nitric acid) have been compiled, and for most of these compounds a toxicological assessment is given. The assessment is based on the 'Proposal on a standardized toxicological evaluation of chemicals from contaminated sites' by Dieter et al. (Chemosphere 20, 1990, 75-90). For each of the discussed substances a special monography has been compiled. (WEN)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RO 2237(1994,6) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekNiedersaechsisches Landesamt fuer Oekologie, Hildesheim (Germany); Saechsisches Staatsministerium fuer Umwelt und Landesentwicklung, Dresden (Germany); Regierungspraesidium Giessen (Germany)DEGerman