You've heard of Melaleuca? What is on the label of Melaleuca Tub 'n Tile? The Tub 'n Tile will not give out an MSDS. They say the surfactant is proprietary. You know what I think it is. You might be able to get an MSDS 2002 or before, but since then products that did report the chemical there don't have to now (& usually they didn't anyway, because all they have to do is to tell you how to use it properly - OR claim 'proprietary')
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Audrey got ahold of me for her husband's exposure to misting Simple Green for 45 minutes at work. He must have died, because she was very interested & now no reply. You probably know that the company claims Simple Green is non toxic. They use Dow Chemical's trade name for 2-butoxyethanol: Butyl Cellosolve. They base their claim on a diluted test of the the product (about a capful in a half gallon of water) and THEREFORE state because it is too diluted, it is not toxic. The gallon size container offers a full strength choice of use ... and no change in warnings. Personally I think that is negligent failure to warn. Simple Green is used in our Nation's penitentiaries almost exclusively.

I had a Col in the USAF call me.  He was concerned about his having trouble breathing after cleaning his bath tub for 15 minutes using Simple Green

were used during the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup
I believe there are products which should have better 'warnings' 
& without so, would be considered as negligent failure to warn.

 

Will Martha Stewart be Healthy

 when she is out of the Pen?

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Notice that the paint companies in the last couple of years have added some warnings on their paint (I couldn't find any about 3 years ago)  When asked which ethylene glycol they were referencing the company refused to tell me.  You know what I suspect.
 
For a decade the paint companies had been sued for the lead in paint; they always won, per info I found.  However, they became savy about adequate warnings.  They knew what chemical was harmful in paint.  And they didn't want to be sued for the real chemical of harm ... so they posted some warnings (better than a suit for 'negligent failure to warn')
 
It's not ingestion that's the problem (who would drink paint, anyway?)

 

Check out what you might use here:
Protect Yourself From Future Harm - Learn what Products YOU use that contain it

Check for what products contain 2-butoxyethanol
(CAS Registry Number: 000111-76-2)
in the Household Products Data Base
http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/ingredients.htm
5% concentration is not safe for home use, per one expert in product development.

Also check for the complex version Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether or 2-2-butoxyethanol (CAS Registry Number: 000112-34-5)

EPA tested 100 chemicals for endocrine disruption, and 2-butoxyethanol and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether are on the list.

2-3-06

Margaret Diann