Consumer exposure profile for 2-Butoxyethanol (CAS#: 111-76-2) - combining the results from emission chamber studies and modelling : final report / by ToxEcology.: En84-137/2004E-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). Further, on October 25, 2003, a proposal to add 2-BE and 2-ME to Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 was published in Canada Gazette, Part I. In the event that 2-BE is added to the List of Toxic Substances (Schedule 1) of CEPA 1999 options for managing this substance will have to be developed and implemented by Environment and Health Canada. ...

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