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		<title>OSPA response to marketing and use restrictions proposed by the Netherlands for DEGBE (2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol &#8211; CAS# 112-34-5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oxygenated Solvents Producers Association (OSPA) is surprised and concerned at the proposal made by the Netherlands for stringent restrictions to be introduced on the use of DEGBE in paints.
Click here to read the full article.
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		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/ospa-response-to-marketing-and-use-restrictions-proposed-by-the-netherlands-for-degbe-2-2-butoxyethoxyethanol-cas-112-34-5</link>
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		<title>FIPEC Comments on AFSSET Report on PGME (October 2007)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read the full article.
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		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/fipec-comments-on-afsset-report-on-pgme-october-2007</link>
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		<title>OSPA Comments on AFSSET Report on PGME (November 2007)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The OSPA Toxicology Working Group on Glycol Ethers has reviewed the AFSSET report on beta-propylene glycol methyl ether, entitled: &#8220;Impuretés toxiques pour la reproduction dans les produits contant du 1-méthoxy-propanol-2-ol ou son acétate, dated July 2007.
We have addressed the toxicology data and NOELs used, the concentration of beta-PGME in various end-user products, the model used [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/ospa-comments-on-afsset-report-on-pgme-november-2007</link>
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		<title>Glycol Ethers Charter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxygenated Solvents Producers Association (OSPA)
The European producers of Glycol Ethers, members of OSPA, wish to recall by this charter the commitments and actions that they are undertaking since several years in order to avoid the risks linked to glycol ethers classified toxic for reproduction.
GLYCOL ETHERS
Glycol Ethers are solvents which constitute of a varied family of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/glycol-ethers-charter</link>
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		<title>EPA proposes delisting of ethylene glycol butyl ether (EGBE) as a hazardous air pollutant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency announced on November 5, 2003 that it would shortly be publishing its proposal to delist ethylene glycol butyl ether from the Clean Air Act Amendments' list of Hazardous Air Pollutants.
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		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/epa-proposes-delisting-of-ethylene-glycol-butyl-ether-egbe-as-a-hazardous-air-pollutant</link>
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		<title>Glycol ethers and semen quality: a cross-sectional study among male workers in the Paris Municipality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occup. Environ. Med. 2007;64;467-473; originally published online 1 Mar 2007;
doi:10.1136/oem.2005.023952 ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/glycol-ethers-and-semen-quality-a-cross-sectional-study-among-male-workers-in-the-paris-municipality</link>
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		<title>May 2008: Publication by Cherry et al. on Male Infertility and Glycol Ether Exposure in OEM – Industry Letter to the Editor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This letter to the editor appeared in “OEM Online” on 2 July 2008. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/may-2008-publication-by-cherry-et-al-on-male-infertility-and-glycol-ether-exposure-in-oem-%e2%80%93-industry-letter-to-the-editor</link>
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		<title>Industry Position on May 2008 Publication by Cherry et al. on Male Infertility and Glycol Ether Exposure in OEM – Downstream User Communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently an article was published in the scientific journal ‘Occupational and Environmental Medicine’ (OEM) claiming an association between male infertility and glycol ethers. The conclusions were based on an epidemiological case-contol study.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glycol-ethers.eu/industry-position-on-may-2008-publication-by-cherry-et-al-on-male-infertility-and-glycol-ether-exposure-in-oem-%e2%80%93-downstream-user-communication</link>
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