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Here's a Site to check some
products
& Some products that I suspect hide it:
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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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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Just because a company is says a product is
'safe' or non toxic .... does not mean that
is the case.
Simple Green is 6% 2-butoxyethanol |
2-butoxyethanol
and Diethylene glycol monobutyl ether
are nothing to play around with. This is the kind of
chemical that would cause the most harm to our military,
to housewives ... suspect it for causing the chronic
fatigue syndromes: CFS, FM, CFIDS.
Suspect it for causing DIABETES and many autoimmune
issues, tumors and cancers: 'gulf war syndrome'
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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