CAS # 78-93-3
Alternative Names
MEK
2-butanone
Categories*
Byproduct/Intermediate/Reactant
Household product ingredient
Medical/Veterinary/Research
Personal care product/Cosmetic ingredient
Plastic/Rubber
Solvent
Unconventional Oil and Gas
Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor
Mitran E, Callender T, Orha B, Dragnea P, Botezatu G. 1997. Neurotoxicity associated with occupational exposure to acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and cyclohexanone. Environ Res 73(1-2):181-188.
*Category References
Colborn T, Schultz K, Herrick L, Kwiatkowski C. 2014. An Exploratory Study of Air Quality near Natural Gas Operations. Hum Ecol Risk Assess 20(1):86-105.
Edwards PM, Brown SS, Roberts JM, Ahmadov R, Banta RM, deGouw JA, Dube WP, Field RA, Flynn JH, Gilman JB, et al. 2014. High winter ozone pollution from carbonyl photolysis in an oil and gas basin. Nature 514:351-354.
Edwards PM, Young CJ, Aikin K, deGouw J, Dub WP, Geiger F, Gilman J, Helmig D, Holloway JS, Kercher J, et al. 2013. Ozone photochemistry in an oil and natural gas extraction region during winter: simulations of a snow-free season in the Uintah Basin, Utah. Atmos Chem Phys 13(17):8955-8971.
Koss AR, de Gouw J, Warneke C, Gilman JB, Lerner BM, Graus M, Yuan B, Edwards P, Brown SS, Wild R, et al. 2015. Photochemical aging of volatile organic compounds associated with oil and natural gas extraction in the uintah Basin, UT, during a wintertime ozone formation event. Atmos Chem Phys 15:5727-5741.
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