Consumer exposure profile for 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS: 111-76-2) : additional product concentration limits : final report / prepared for Health Canada by ToxEcology - Environmental Consulting Ltd.: En84-136/2005E-PDF

Environment and Health Canada released the Final Risk Assessment Report on 2-Butoxyethanol(2-BE) in August 2002. The assessment proposed that 2-BE is not toxic for the environment. However, it is considered toxic based on health hazard potential and because of a concern that it may be entering the environment in a quantity or concentration or under conditions that constitute or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health. On August 9, 2003, the federal Ministers of the Environment and Health published the final decision concerning the assessment of 2-BE in the Canada Gazette, Part I and recommended that this substance be added to the List of Toxic Substances (Schedule 1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA1999). ...

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Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Canada. Health Canada.
ToxEcology - Environmental Consulting Ltd.
Title Consumer exposure profile for 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS: 111-76-2) : additional product concentration limits : final report / prepared for Health Canada by ToxEcology - Environmental Consulting Ltd.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Étude du profil d'exposition des consommateurs au 2-butoxyéthanol (CAS n° 111-76-2) : limites de concentration pour des produits additionnels.
"21 February 2005."
Publishing information Gatineau, Que. : Environment Canada, 2005.
Description 2 p.
Catalogue number
  • En84-136/2005E-PDF
Subject terms Toxic substances
Health hazards
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