Health Damage
Severe
from too much exposure to
chemicals
commonly
associated with 'dispersants'
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2-butoxyethanol
is classified by UN Hazard Code as a Poison - all Products should be
have the poison Label - 5% or more is too hazardous for home use. |
What
products have 2-butoxyethanol
- some in too concentrated amounts?
Some thoughts
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Glycol
alkyl ethers are commonly used as solvents.
2-Butoxy
Ethanol is one of the most toxic of the glycol ethers.
You
should use products containing butoxyethanol with extreme care - avoid
if possible. It is a poison that can easily absorb through your skin
to harm you. When working with it, always
wear gloves and goggles
and be sure the you have enough ventilation.
Source
- EPA & CA Janitorial study |
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2-butoxyethanol
even 38% of Corexit 9527
Have personalities been aggravated by
the damage from 2-butoxyethanol...
...& hemolytic
anemia evidenced by low red blood cell counts... known almost immediately
after doing this work?
How
workers generally feel
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Avoid chemicals... in all ways... to help preserve their
life!
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World Health
Organization says that children
of those overexposed to solvents such as
2-butoxyethanol,
are more at risk
for tumor of the brain and leukemia
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Use Extreme Care With The Following Ingredients (Avoid if Possible)
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If at all possible, avoid janitorial products with the
following ingredients. They pose very high risks to the janitor
using the product, to building occupants, or to the environment.
If there are no substitutes available and the products must
be employed,
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then assure that workers are fully trained in
safe handling and use, and assure that protective gloves and goggles are
worn at all times (particularly when handling concentrated solutions).
Use the product away from building occupants. Also take care when
disposing of left over product, wastewaters, and empty containers. |
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Health Effects From Full-Strength Ingredient
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NFPA Rating
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CAS Number
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Ingredient Name
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Eye Effects
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Skin Effects
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Skin Absorb?
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Inhalation Effects
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Chronic Effects
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H
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F
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R
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00111-76-2
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2-Butoxy
Ethanol
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Irritant
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Irritant
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Yes
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Reproductive & Fetal Effects; Liver & Kidney Damage;
Blood Damage
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2
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2
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0
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| 112-34-5 |
Diethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
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Irritant
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Irritant
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Yes
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Slight
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Kidney damage;
Central Nervous System
effects
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1
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2
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0
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C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH
or
C8H18O3
/ CH2(CH2)3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH
MORE
CAS
112-34-5 is primary solvent of Lysol Tub 'n Tile
409
Cleaner: *
Health Haz Acute And Chronic: EYES:
IRRITATION. SKIN: ABSORBED. EXPOSURE
TO ETHYLENE
GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER WILL CAUSE BLOOD & BONE MARROW DAMAGE.
Do you
think Class B protective equipment that the workers with Inipol EAP 22
& Corexit
during the
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill cleanup of 1989 and 1990
.... and
the protective equipment that a housewife would normally use, would be this
type:
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Note:
there are other industries who have health concerns with 2-butoxyethanol type of
chemicals:
46,000
auto industry workers; *
those
who spray paint cars, boats, etc.; those in the dry cleaning business; those in
the plastics business; those who CLEAN!
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If
you have had too much of these chemicals, what to do?
What
can our country do?
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And I was just now thinking, many
deaths are being attributed to smoking & causing lung cancer, or
diabetes complications. . . and heart problems
that are actually originating from
2-butoxyethanol poisoning.
How much gets attributed to this?
Practically none
You can't even
imagine - many deaths happen that would not have, but for this
chemical.
When
so many start having
tumor
of the brain, and leukemia ...
do
they note it as 2nd hand 2-butoxyethanol complication?
I
say - the scientific studies that exist on many cancers are skewed
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Do
they know about what 2-butoxyethanol does?
Yes,
and there have been studies done back in the 1970's and before
Sometimes,
if results are bad...
they 'bury them' but they can still be found out.
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