Endocrine Disruption

TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors

ethylene glycol monobutyl ether

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CAS # 111-76-2

Alternative Names

EGBE

2-butoxyethanol

2-BE

Categories*
Household product ingredient
Industrial additive
Pesticide ingredient
Solvent
Unconventional Oil and Gas

Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor

Kassotis CD, Klemp KC, Vu DC, Lin CH, Meng CX, Besch-Williford CL, Pinatti L, Zoeller RT, Drobnis EZ, Balise VD, et al. 2015 in press. Endocrine-disrupting activity of hydraulic fracturing chemicals and adverse health outcomes after prenatal exposure in male mice. Endocrinology:en20151375.

Kassotis CD, Tillitt DE, Davis JW, Hormann AM, Nagel SC. 2014. Estrogen and androgen receptor activities of hydraulic fracturing chemicals and surface and ground water in a drilling-dense region. Endocrinology 155(3):897-907.

National Toxicology Program. 2000. NTP toxicology and carcinogenesis studies of 2-butoxyethanol (Cas No. 111-76-2) in F344/N rats and B6C3F1 mice (inhalation studies). Natl Toxicol Program Tech Rep Ser 484:1-290.

*Category References

Ferrar KJ, Michanowicz DR, Christen CL, Mulcahy N, Malone SL, Sharma RK. 2013. Assessment of effluent contaminants from three facilities discharging Marcellus Shale wastewater to surface waters in Pennsylvania. Environ Sci Technol 47(7):3472-3481.

US Dept of Health & Human Services. Household Products Database.

US EPA. InertFinder.

US National Library of Medicine. Haz-Map.

US National Library of Medicine. Hazardous Substances Data Bank.

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