Toxicological Profile
for
Propylene Glycol
September 1997
CAS#: 57-55-6
Toxicological Profile Information
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- Disclaimer
- Update statement
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Peer review
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
1. Public Health Statement, 106 KB
- 1.1 What is this substance?
1.2 What happens to it when it enters the environment?
1.3 How might I be exposed to it?
1.4 How can it enter and leave my body?
1.5 How can it affect my health?
1.6 Is there a medical test to determine whether I have been exposed to it?
1.7 What recommendations has the federal government made to protect human health?
1.8 Where can I get more information?
- 2.1 Introduction
2.2 Discussion of health effects by route of exposure
2.3 Toxicokinetics
2.4 Relevance to Public Health
2.5 Biomarkers of exposure and effect
2.6 Interactions with other chemicals
2.7 Populations that are unusually susceptible
2.8 Methods for reducing toxic effects
2.9 Adequacy of the database
3. Chemical and Physical Information, 98 KB
- 3.1 Chemical identity
3.2 Physical and chemical properties
4. Production, Import, Use, and Disposal, 105 KB
- 4.1 Production
4.2 Import/Export
4.3 Use
4.4 Disposal
5. Potential for Human Exposure, 172 KB
- 5.1 Overview
5.2 Releases to the environment
5.3 Environmental fate
5.4 Levels monitored or estimated in the environment
5.5 General population and occupational exposure
5.6 Populations with potentially high exposure
5.7 Adequacy of the database
- 6.1 Biological materials
6.2 Environmental samples
6.3 Adequacy of the database
7. Regulations and Advisories, 102 KB
- A. ATSDR minimal risk level worksheets
B. User's guide
C. Acronyms, abbreviations, and symbols
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 1997. Toxicological profile for Propylene Glycol. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
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