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 suspect it's used
extensively in the Military, too.
You've heard of Melaleuca?
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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Dear Margaret,
I have contacted
Melaleuca and they tell
me that the only product
they have a MSDS sheet
on is the Solugard
Botanical.
I took my Tub&Tile down
out of the cabinet and
the bottle reads
"Proprietary Formula
Contains: Citric acid,
solvents,surfactants,
solubilizer, fragrance,
Melaleuca Oil, and
preservative." I hope
this helps.
Oh, it also reads "Does
not contain phosphates,
ammonia, or bleach."
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Reply:
Employers
have to
provide
an MSDS
for
employees
if they
have
over 2,
so you
might be
ahead of
the
issue,
if you
located
one. ...
Or if
there is
2-butoxyethanol
or a
glyclol
butyl
ether,
it has
been
found to
be
hazardous by
some
MSDS
info ,
and you
might
like to
strike
the 'non
hazardous
from the
description
of this
product
Customer,
I did
call
product
info
dept,
and they
said
they
just
consider
themselves
a
home-based
company,
and they
do not
have to
provide
MSDS
info
Maybe
one of
the
old-timers
in the
business
might
have a
filed
away
copy?
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The story on paint is an
interesting one,
too. *From
WHO (via Toxins
Awareness Group):
paint solvents are
carcinogenic, painters
having a 40% higher
chance of lung
cancer and 20% higher of
stomach, bladder,
larynx, etc cancers,
while their children are
at increased risk of
leukaemia and brain
tumours.
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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)
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