Propylene Glycol Toxicity Subject Of February NTP Meeting
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumers would have to ingest more than 15 g/kg of propylene glycol to experience a lethal effect, a National Toxicology Program Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction draft report estimates
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