Ethylene glycol ethers: an environmental risk assessment

CA Staples, RJ Boatman, ML Cano - Chemosphere, 1998 - Elsevier
Ethylene glycol ethers and acetates are used as intermediates, solvents, and plasticizers.
They primarily enter the environment from manufacturing effluents and emissions and during …

Fate, effects and potential environmental risks of ethylene glycol: a review

CA Staples, JB Williams, GR Craig, KM Roberts - Chemosphere, 2001 - Elsevier
The fate, effects, and potential environmental risks of ethylene glycol (EG) in the
environment were examined. EG undergoes rapid biodegradation in aerobic and anaerobic …

Investigation of selected potential environmental contaminants: ethylene glycol, propylene glycols and butylene glycols. Final report

LM Miller - 1979 - osti.gov
This report reviews aspects of production, use, environmental exposure and biological
effects of ethylene glycol, two isomers of propylene glycol (1, 2-and 1, 3-propanediol) and …

Canadian water quality guidelines for glycols–An ecotoxicological review of glycols and associated aircraft anti‐icing and deicing fluids

RA Kent, D Andersen, PY Caux… - … : An International Journal, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the environmental fate, chemistry and toxicology of ethylene, propylene,
and diethylene glycol, and their associated aircraft deicing/anti‐icing fluids. Ethylene glycol …

International industry initiatives to improve the glycol ether health effects knowledge base

RJ Boatman - Toxicology letters, 2005 - Elsevier
Following the recognition in the early 1980s of the potential reproductive hazards of certain
glycol ethers, industry organizations were formed in the US and Europe having a number of …

Ethers of ethylene glycol and derivatives

RJ Boatman, JB Knaak - Patty's toxicology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
There are currently seven US manufacturers of ethers and other derivatives of ethylene
glycol (EG), diethylene glycol (DEG), and higher glycols. Five of them are members of the …

An examination of the physical properties, fate, ecotoxicity and potential environmental risks for a series of propylene glycol ethers

CA Staples, JW Davis - Chemosphere, 2002 - Elsevier
Propylene glycol ethers (PGEs) are comprised of mono-, di-and tri-PGEs and several of their
acetate esters. The nature of the range of applications that use PGEs suggests that there is a …

Fate of ethylene glycol in the environment

AA Abdelghani, AC Anderson, GA Khoury, SN Chang - 1990 - rosap.ntl.bts.gov
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development uses ethylene glycol (EG) as
a deicing agent on bridges. This study was undertaken to assess the impact of EG on …

NTP-CERHR monograph on the potential human reproductive and developmental effects of ethylene glycol

National Toxicology Program - NTP CERHR MON, 2004 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human
Reproduction (CERHR) conducted an evaluation of the potential for ethylene glycol (EG) to …

[HTML][HTML] A toxicological review of the ethylene glycol series: Commonalities and differences in toxicity and modes of action

J Fowles, M Banton, J Klapacz, H Shen - Toxicology letters, 2017 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the hazards, exposure and risk that are associated with ethylene
glycols (EGs) in their intended applications. Ethylene glycol (EG; CAS RN 107-21-1) and its …