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2-butoxyethanol CHRONIC EFFECTS - TARGET ORGANS,
per
UK research:
SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES
(Other olfaction effects)
BEHAVIORAL (General Anesthetic)
BEHAVIORAL (Altered sleep time)
BEHAVIORAL (Somnolence)
BEHAVIORAL (Excitement)
BEHAVIORAL (ATAXIA)
BEHAVIORAL (Coma)
BEHAVIORAL (ANALGESIA) LUNGS,
THORAX OR RESPIRATION (DYSPNAE)
LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION
(Other changes)
GASTROINTESTINAL (Nasea or
vomiting)
GASTROINTESTINAL (Other changes)
LIVER (Tumors)
KIDNEY, ureter, bladder (hematuria - blood in urine)
KIDNEY, ureter, bladder (other
changes)
ENDOCRINE (Tumors)
SKIN AND APPENDAGES (Hair)
MATERNAL EFFECTS (uterus,
cervix, vagina)
MATERNAL EFFECTS (Other effects
on female)
EFFECTS ON FERTILITY
(Pre-implantation mortality)
EFFECTS ON FERTILITY
(Post-implantation mortality)
EFFECTS ON FERTILITY (Litter
size)
SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL
ABNORMALITIES (Musculoskeletal system)
SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTAL
ABNORMALITIES (Cardiovascular system)
NUTRITIONAL AND GROSS METABOLIC
(Weight loss
or decreased weight gain)
NUTRITIONAL AND GROSS METABOLIC
(Changes in: metabolic acidosis)
TUMORIGENIC (Carcinogenic by
RTECS criteria)
TUMORIGENIC (Equivocal
tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria) |
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What else does 2-butoxyethanol do?
Why is it only a health hazard rating of 1 or 2 when
so much harm is found?
CAUSES EYE IRRITATION. AFFECTS CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM, BLOOD AND BLOOD-FORMING ORGANS, KIDNEYS,
LIVER AND LYMPHOID SYSTEM.
NJ Hazardous Chemical Fact
sheet on 2-butoxyethanol
pdf |
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Died after exposure to 2-butoxyethanol ... carpet
cleaning products ... weakness and tests showing
kidney and liver failure. Replicate this with
animals scheduled for being put to sleep.
Audrey's husband not well after spraying simple
green
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Protect Yourself From
Future Harm!
Check for what products contain 2-butoxyethanol
(CAS Registry Number: 000111-76-2)
in the Household Products Data Base
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/ingredients.htm
or check on the internet.
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I note that the paint
companies, Fuller O'Brien, in particular, are now putting
good warnings on their paint, whereas previously you
couldn't find the harmful ingredient, or adequate warnings
for such. They are concerned, I believe, about a suit
for Negligent Failure to Warn
after the past 10 years of lawsuits re: lead
in paints.
Exposure is
not ingestion, however, it is getting the vapors in
one's eyes. It is not JUST kidney failure, but a
host of issues that can start up at the same time. |
| Some Ideas shared by
a Pro in the Field:
If you have two
employees, you have to post or have easy access to
MSDS for all products the employees will use. This
includes one or more maids who clean in your home -
you must obtain MSDS for Clorox, Tide, Spray N Wash,
silver polish, Windex, etc. If you use it yourself,
then you are entitled to screw up and kill yourself,
by accident, for not reading the label - but woe
betide you if your employee mixed ammonia and Clorox
and gets fatally ill and you did not OFFER MSDS for
the products. Of course if you have them available
and nobody reads them - hey that is their problem
(unless you have 50 employees and then you are
required to have a safety officer and give seminars
to be sure they ARE educated).
Incidentally, you tell the companies that you have
an employee and OSHA requires you to have an MSDS on
hand and they MUST GIVE YOU ONE - BY LAW. If not,
call OSHA and tell them who would not give you an
MSDS. Now nothing says the MSDS has to be well
written or even accurate, but they must have one and
they must give it to YOU, if asked.
Once you have the MSDS, call the help phone number
and tell them your dog drank the stuff, so what
should you do, or your kid took a bath in it and is
screaming. You can learn a LOT that way too. Not
exactly ethical, but its one way to learn. By the
way, you did not get this harebrained idea from ME.
Unh unh - not me. |
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I would very much appreciate it