Butylated hydroxytoluene
BHT; 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol; 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol; formula: C15H24O; CAS Registry Number: 128-37-0
Source: PubChem
Identifier: CID 31404
URL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/31404#section=2D-Structure
Identifier: CID 31404
URL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/31404#section=2D-Structure
Antioxidant used in food, cosmetics or packaging materials
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) is an antioxidant used in a variety of products. Intended uses include products like food, animal feed, cosmetics, packaging materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and paints.
BHT toxicity is generally considered as being low.
Since BHT is used in many near consumer products population wide exposure is expected.
Substances
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3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acidMetabolite of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Specimen
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Student groups with an even number of female and male students at the age of 20 to 29.
Sampling area
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4 university cities as sampling areas.
Sampling period
2000 - 2018
Extended information
Literature
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A biomonitoring study assessing the exposure of young German adults to butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Schmidtkunz, Christoph; Küpper, Katja; Weber, Till; Leng, Gabriele; Kolossa-Gehring, Marike
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 228 (2020), July 2020, 113541; online 5 May 2020, 2020