Bis-(2-Chloroisopropyl) ether. 2024

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Bis-(2-Chloroisopropyl) ether (BCIPE) was used as a solvent for fats, greases, paint, varnish removers, and in spotting and cleaning solutions. However, BCIPE has not been commercially manufactured or used for numerous years. In experimental animal studies, BCIPE is moderately toxic following acute oral, dermal, and inhalation routes of exposure. BCIPE is a severe eye irritant but not a dermal irritant or dermal sensitizer. BCIPE was not genotoxic or mutagenic in in vitro and in vivo assays; it was not toxic in a 3-generation reproductive dietary study in rats. Short-term, repeated inhalation and oral exposure in rats produced increased liver and kidney weights and congestion; dermal exposure in rabbits did not produce any observable adverse effects. BCIPE did not produce a statistically significant increase in tumors in two different 2-year dietary studies in mice and rats. In mice, technical grade BCIPE produced increased incidences of alveolar/bronchiolar adenomas in females, hepatocellular carcinomas in males, and a low incidence of forestomach hyperplasia (in both sexes at the high-dose). Further investigation with technical grade BCIPE concluded that these effects were species- and dose-specific with limited, if any, relevance to humans. The NOAEL of 400 ppm (15 mg/kg/day) from the 2-year dietary study in female rats was considered the point of departure for the health-based WEEL derivation. After adjustment for duration of exposure, interindividual variability, and intraindividual variability, an 8-h time-weighted average (TWA) WEEL value of 3 ppm (21 mg/m3) was derived. This exposure limit is expected to provide a significant margin of safety against any potential adverse health effects in workers.

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