| Document ID (ISN) | 50838 |
| CIS number |
88-2011 |
| Year |
1987 |
| Convention or series no. |
87-AS-4-SOR
|
| Title |
Summary on the replies received concerning the call for information on ethylene glycol ethers |
| Original title |
Résumé des réponses reçues à la demande d'informations sur les glycoléthers [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
International Labour Office, International Occupational Safety and Health Hazard Alert System, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, Dec. 1987. 24p. |
| Abstract |
On the basis of information provided by the US Department of Labour - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - the Occupational Safety and Health Branch of the ILO addressed a call for information on the following four ethylene glycol ethers: 2-methoxyethanol; 2-methoxyethanol acetate; 2-ethoxyethanol; 2-ethoxyethanol acetate. The national centres of the International Safety and Health Hazard Alert System were requested to provide relevant information from their countries, in particular on: potential health effects, in experimental animals and man; production and control systems; substitution availability; types of protective equipment; workers' exposure and monitoring; training programmes for workers; medical surveillance of exposed workers; control measures; information and data on possible environmental effects. Replies were received from 34 countries. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
ethoxyethanol; ILO; toxic substances; 2-ethoxyethyl acetate; 2-methoxyethyl acetate; methoxyethanol |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
threshold limit values; hazard alert system; economic aspects; exposure evaluation; safety and health training; substitution; carcinogenic effects; medical supervision; questionnaire survey |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Glycol ethers
Esters and salts
|
