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Div 08 Openings

    1,1'-Methylenebis(4-Isocyanatobenzene)
Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)
Chlorine
Chromium Compunds
    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
    Hard metals
Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI)
Isocyanates
Isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI)
    Maleic anhydride
Methacrylates
Methyl 2-cyanoacrylate
Methyl methacrylate
    Plastic dust
Polyvinyl chloride [PVC]
Styrene
Toluene
    Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)
Triethylenetetramine
Urea-Formaldehyde
Wood dust

 

Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
CAS# 117-81-7

Where is it Commonly Found?

The most commonly used phthalate ester used in plasticizing
Plasticizer in flexible Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) formulations (PVC wall covering and PVC flooring materials)
Polyurethane sealants
Solvent and a component of dielectric fluids in electrical capacitors and in pesticides

ASTHMA TRIGGER AND / OR ASTHMAGEN?
Condition is True
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