The Need to Eliminate Ethylene Glycols – From the Worksite

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Indoor air quality issues and a toxicologist's negative assessment of ethylene glycols were highlights of the sixteenth annual International High Technology Safety Conference presented last month by the Semiconductor Safety Association.The toxicologist was Elmer Rauckman of Hoechst Celanese Corp. He said ethylene glycols like 2-ethoxyethanol acetate (EGEEA) are among the chemicals the semiconductor industry uses as photoresist/developer solvents. Well-done animal toxicology studies hav