Dioxane

Word DIOXANE
Character 7
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What do we mean by dioxane?

A flammable, potentially explosive, colorless liquid, C4H8O2, that is used as a solvent for fats, greases, and resins and in various products including paints, lacquers, glues, cosmetics, and fumigants. noun

Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring. noun

Any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.

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The word "dioxane" in example sentences

Method, and other companies that produced green cleaning products were When testing around a hundred "cosmetic, personal care and household cleaning formulas, [the Association] found that nearly 50\% of them contained detectable levels of 1,4-dioxane, which is known to cause cancer in lab animals." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The organization said it tested 48 products from 22 companies for 1,4-dioxane, which is used as a solvent in chemical manufacturing.

Concerns on the cancer risks of talc, dioxane, formaldehyde, nitrosamine and ethylene oxide, besides other prohibited and restricted carcinogenic ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products, are not new. ❋ Samuel S. Epstein (2011)

The following ingredients contain formaldehyde, may release formaldehyde or may break down into formaldehyde: 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, Diazolidinyl urea, DMDM hydantoin, Imidazolidinyl urea, Quaternium 15, 3 1,4 dioxane 3. PHTHALATES ❋ Deborah Burnes (2012)

There are three carcinogenic ingredients in Johnson & Johnson's Baby Shampoo, dioxane, formaldehyde and nitrosamine. ❋ Samuel S. Epstein (2011)

More than half of the baby products recently tested by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics were found to contain trace levels of formaldehyde and dioxane. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The government hasn't banned the use of dioxane in baby products or cosmetics, even though they can seep through lotions into the skin. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For 20 years, from 1966 to 1986, Gelman, Sciences Inc (now Pall Life Sciences) used a reported 800,000 pound of dioxane manufacturing high tech filters and allowed an unknown amount of the toxic substance to get into groundwater surrounding their property on Wagner Road. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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