Priority Substances List Assessment Report for 2-Buthoxyethanol

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

AUC: area under the curve

BAA: 2-butoxyacetic acid

BMC: Benchmark Concentration

CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service

CEPA: Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CEPA 1999: Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CFC: chlorofluorocarbon

CTV: Critical Toxicity Value

EEV: Estimated Exposure Value

ENEV: Estimated No-Effects Value

GWP: Global Warming Potential

HC₅: hazardous concentration to 5% of test species

K_oc: organic carbon sorption coefficient

K_ow: octanol/water partition coefficient

kg-bw: kilogram body weight

LC₅₀: median lethal concentration

LCL: lower confidence limit

LD₅₀: median lethal dose

LOAEL: Lowest-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level

LOEL: Lowest-Observed-Effect Level

NOEL: No-Observed-Effect Level

NTP: National Toxicology Program

ODP: Ozone Depletion Potential

PBPK: physiologically based pharmacokinetic

POCP: Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential

PSL: Priority Substances List

TC: Tolerable Concentration

VOC: volatile organic compound