Health Effects of Exposure to Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
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چکیده
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) (CAS No. 1634-04-4) is a volatile organic compound used almost exclusively as an oxygenate in unleaded gasoline to improve combustion efficiency. In the past it also had limited use as a therapeutic drug for dissolving cholesterol gallbladder stones. Currently, MTBE is added at 11% by volume to almost all of the gasoline used in California, although on March 25, 1999 Governor Gray Davis signed Executive Order D-5-99 requiring that its use in fuel in California be discontinued by December 31, 2002. Due to its use as a fuel additive, MTBE is produced in high volume; it was the second most-produced chemical in the U.S. in 1997.
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