Endocrine Disruption

TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors

methanol

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CAS # 67-56-1

Alternative Name

methyl alcohol

Categories*
Byproduct/Intermediate/Reactant
Household product ingredient
Industrial additive
Medical/Veterinary/Research
Pesticide ingredient
Solvent
Unconventional Oil and Gas

Evidence Supporting This Chemical as an Endocrine Disruptor

Burbacher TM, Grant KS, Shen DD, Sheppard L, Damian D, Ellis S, Liberato N. 2004. Chronic maternal methanol inhalation in nonhuman primates (Macaca fascicularis): reproductive performance and birth outcome. Neurotoxicol Teratol 26(5):639-650.

Cummings AM. 1993. Evaluation of the effects of methanol during early pregnancy in the rat. Toxicology 79(3):205-214.

Gonzalez-Quevedo A, Obregon F, Urbina M, Rousso T, Lima L. 2002. Effect of chronic methanol administration on amino acids and monoamines in retina, optic nerve, and brain of the rat. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 185(2):77-84.

Youssef AF, Baggs RB, Weiss B, Miller RK. 1997. Teratogenicity of methanol following a single oral dose in Long-Evans rats. Reprod Toxicol 11(4):503-510.

*Category References

US National Library of Medicine. Hazardous Substances Data Bank.

Waxman HA, Markey EJ, and DeGette D. 2011. Chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Minority Staff.

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