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Household ingredient · Solvent

2-Butoxyethanol (glycol ether)

CAS
111-76-2

A glycol ether solvent in glass and all-purpose cleaners; it can irritate eyes and airways at high concentrations.

  • Glycol ether solvent
  • Expert review pending
Low concern Level 1 of 4 How concern levels work

A minor or very limited concern, such as being an ultra-processing marker only. The concern level sets how many points 2-Butoxyethanol (glycol ether) costs on a product’s receipt.

What the evidence says

  • Low concernStrong evidence

    IARC places 2-butoxyethanol in Group 3 (not classifiable as to carcinogenicity). [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Names GoodSwap recognizes on labels (8)
  • egbe
  • butyl glycol
  • butoxyethanol
  • 2 butoxyethanol
  • butyl cellosolve
  • ethylene glycol butyl ether
  • 2 butoxyethanol glycol ether
  • ethylene glycol monobutyl ether

Sources

  1. Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1–142 (List of Classifications)

    International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) · IARC

    monographs.iarc.who.int