... I would even suspect congenital heart defects ...
with one of the chemicals of lesser harm:
ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOMETHYL ETHER
CAS #: 109-86-4
MF: C3H8O2
Military Decontaminating agents:
ethylene glycol monomethyl ether! CH3OCH2CH2OH
How similar is this to
ethylene glycol monobutyl ether?
C6H14O2/CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH
and then there's
diethylene glycol monobutyl ether
C8H18O3/CH2(CH2)3OCH2CH2OCH2CH2OH DGME
Bad, Worse, and Worser
R 60
MAY IMPAIR FERTILITY.
R 61
MAY CAUSE HARM TO THE UNBORN CHILD
CHRONIC EFFECTS
MAY CAUSE CONGENITAL MALFORMATION IN THE FETUS.
MAY CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS.
TARGET ORGAN(S):
BLOOD
KIDNEYS
LIVER
LUNGS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
IMMUNE SYSTEM
THYMUS
BONE MARROW
IN LABORATORY STUDIES WITH ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOMETHYL ETHER, BIRTH DEFECTS, FETOTOXICITY, EMBRYOLETHALITY, ANEMIA, BONE MARROW DAMAGE, HEMOLYSIS, IMMUNO- SUPPRESSION AND DAMAGE TO THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED
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