TRANS-CUTANEOUS ETHYLENE-GLYCOL MONOMETHYL ETHER POISONING IN WORK SETTING

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20  (10) , 675-676
Abstract
Two workers in a textile printing plant in Massachusetts [USA] developed clinical manifestations of encephalopathy. Both had evidence of bone marrow injury and 1 had pancytopenia. They had ethylene glycol monomethyl ether (EGMME) poisoning primarily due to cutaneous exposure. EGMME was used as a cleansing agent as a substitute for acetone, which was unavailable due to temporary shortage. Proper product labels could have prevented the illness.

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