ABSTRACT
Ethylene glycol diacetate is released directly to the atmosphere during the manufacture of resins, lacquers and printing inks. It is also released to the atmosphere through its use as a perfume fixative, as a solvent for oils, explosives and cellulose esters and ethers, and as a nondiscoloring plasticizer for ethyl and benzyl cellulose. If released to the atmosphere, ethylene glycol diacetate is degraded slowly by reaction with photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals (estimated half-life of 4.9 days in air). If released to soil, ethylene glycol diacetate can be expected to be very mobile based on an estimated Koc value of 37.63. A biodegradation study is available which suggests that ethylene glycol diacetate is readily biodegradable in sewage inocula which suggests that biodegradation of ethylene glycol diacetate in soil or water may be important.
