2-Methoxyethanol (EGME)
CAS: 109-86-4 | Type: solvent
High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)High
Risk (Children)Context Dependent
Regulatory Status
SummaryCalifornia Prop 65 listed | REACH SVHC (Candidate List)
NGO listOn the TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, a non-governmental list; last updated September 2018). This is a list membership, not a regulatory classification. Source: the TEDX List export (publisher's page)
Molecular FormulaC3H8O2
Molecular Weight76.09
Sources
No citations are recorded specifically for the human adult context, so the record-wide source list is shown. It backs the record, not this particular band.
- PubChem Compound Database DATABASE · 2026
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards — 2-Methoxyethanol / EGME (CAS 109-86-4, skin notation, reproductive hazard) REGULATORY · 2019
- NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin 53 — Glycol Ether Reproductive Toxicity Alert (EGME, EGEE, and acetate analogues) REGULATORY · 1991
- OSHA PEL — 2-Methoxyethanol (29 CFR 1910.1000 Table Z-1, with skin notation) REGULATORY · 2020
- ECHA REACH SVHC — 2-Methoxyethanol (Reproductive toxicity Cat 1B, Authorisation Annex XIV) REGULATORY · 2010
- ATSDR Toxicological Profile — Ethylene glycol ethers (EGME, EGEE, and acetates) REGULATORY · 2017
- EPA IRIS — 2-Methoxyethanol RfC framework (testicular + developmental endpoints) REGULATORY · 1991
- EU CLP Regulation — 2-Methoxyethanol harmonised classification (H360FD reproductive toxicant Cat 1B + skin H312) REGULATORY · 2020
- § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
- Consolidated TEXT: 32004L0037 — EN — 08.04.2024 REGULATORY
- PubChem computed properties for CID 8019 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
- OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
- TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors, full export (Excel from the publisher's own search, operator-saved 2026-10-08; list last updated September 2018) REFERENCE_DATABASE
- where to look PubChem: Experimental Properties section (CID 8019) PUBCHEM
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID5024182 (2-Methoxyethanol (EGME)) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
- PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 8019 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
- Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006: Annex VI, Part 3, Table 3.1 (Official Journal L 353, 31.12.2008) REGULATORY · 2008
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