Glycol ethers: A ubiquitous family of toxic chemicals: A plea for REACH regulation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 784-789

  Cicolella, André ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Glycol ethers; Precautionary principle; REACH

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; EXCIPIENT; INK; PAINT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER;

ACNE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEATH; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRANCE; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENESIS; TESTIS DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VARNISH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845661474     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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