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NIOSH Resources

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
Exposure limits, Respirator Recommendations, First Aid, more...
The Pocket Guide is a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes found in the work environment. Key data provided for each chemical/substance includes name (including synonyms/trade names), structure/formula, CAS/RTECS Numbers, DOT ID, conversion factors, exposure limits, IDLH, chemical and physical properties, measurement methods, personal protection, respirator recommendations, symptoms, and first aid.

International Chemical Safety Cards
An ICSC summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places.

Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH)
The IDLH documents the criteria and information sources that have been used by NIOSH to determine immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations.

NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed.

Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether and Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 90-118 (September 1990)
Presents a standard to prevent the adverse effects of exposure to 2-butoxyethanol over a working lifetime.

Occupational Safety and Health Guideline for 2-butoxyethanol [PDF - 212 KB]

Related Resources

ATSDR's ToxFAQs for 2-Butoxyethanol

Toxicological Profile for 2-Butoxyethanol (ATSDR)

OSHA (Chemical Sampling Information): 2-Butoxyethanol

New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets: 2-Butoxyethanol [PDF - 596 KB]

EPA (Air Toxics): 2-Butoxyethanol

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) (EPA): 2-Butoxyethanol

NLM (Hazardous Substance Data Bank): 2-Butoxyethanol

NLM (Haz-Map): 2-Butoxyethanol

IARC Monographs (Vol. 88): 2-Butoxyethanol

European Chemical Substance Information System (ESIS): 2-Butoxyethanol

WHO (CICADS 10): 2-Butoxyethanol [PDF - 164 KB]

WHO (CICADS 67): 2-Butoxyethanol

OECD SIDS (UNEP Chemical): 2-Butoxyethanol [PDF - 641 KB]

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