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Asthma Triggers and Asthmagens

    (2-Aminoethyl)ethanolamine
1,1'-Azobis(formamide)
1,1'-Methylenebis(4-Isocyanatobenzene)
Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
    Chlorine
Chromium Compunds
Colophony (or Rosin)
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
    Di-n-hexylphthalate (DNHP)
Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP)
Di-n-pentyl phthalate (DNPP)
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
    Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP)
Diisoheptyl phthalate
Diisononyl phthalate (DINP)
    Epoxy
Ethanolamine (2-Aminoethanol)
Ethylenediamine
Formaldehyde
    Glutaraldehyde
Hard metals
Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)
Isocyanates
    Isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI)
Maleic anhydride
Methacrylates
Methyl 2-cyanoacrylate
    Methyl methacrylate
Methyltetrahydrophthalic anhydride
N,N-Dimethylethanolamine
Plastic dust
    Polyvinyl chloride [PVC]
Styrene
Toluene
Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)
    Triethylenetetramine
Urea-Formaldehyde
Wood dust
 

 

Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
CAS# 84-74-2

Where is it Commonly Found?

Acoustical Treatment
Paint Restoration (Maintenance coatings, paint cleaning)
Plaster and Gypsum Board
Plasticizer - related to adhesive compounds (ability to dilute viscous epoxy resins)
Thermal Protection
Vinyl Resilient Flooring (Resilient Base and Accessories, Resilient Sheet Flooring, Resilient Tile Flooring)

ASTHMA TRIGGER AND / OR ASTHMAGEN?
Condition is False
Asthma Trigger
Condition is True
Asthmagen

*We are following the European Union principles on asthma where the focus is on evidence that a substance has the ability to cause asthma, rather than on the existence of a specific underlying mechanism.

Sources

The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Link 1 The Collaborative on Health and the Environment (CHE) Link 2