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Glycol ethers
Actually only a couple of the ethylene based glycol ethers can be held as especially unhealthy. EM and EE and their esters have serious issues, especially in regards to pregnet women. By and large, after the excitement settled, the rest of the E series glycol ethers came up clean (as such things go with solvents). E series also have issues with atmospheric pollution. The propylene based glycol ethers and their esters have little danger to humans and infact are readily metabolized. This sort of all relates to etheylene glycol which is very toxic to humans; propylene gycol which is chemically similar is actually used as a food additive.

Really, the issue depends on which glycol ethers are used. This blanket condemnation is probably unfair. A number of suits in the coatings industries over glycol ethers have been disimissed when tried before judges and some jury verdicts overturned on appeal.

In a nutshell, the whole electronics industry uses chemicals (epoxy in mainboards, lead in monitors) and solvents heavily. There just isn't anyway around it.
Posted by: Bill4   Posted on: 12/11/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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