Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT)
How can I avoid it?
Skin contact with BHA or BHT is required for it to cause a rash. Discontinuation of exposure to products containing BHA or BHT should result in improvement and/or resolution of your dermatitis. By law, all products made in the US for topical use have the ingredients listed either on the product package or the box that contains it, so check the labeling of your skin care products for this ingredient. If there is not enough information, ask your pharmacist or retailer, or contact the company directly. At work, request a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) to help identify potential sources of exposure.
Uses:
- Animal feeds
- Cosmetics
- Embalming fluid
- Food packaging
- Foods
- Beverages
- Gum
- Ice cream
- Fruits
- Cereal
- Butter
- Baked goods
- Snack food
- Dehydrated potato chips
- Beer
- Preserved meat
- Dessert mixes
- Glues
- Fuel additive
- Medical/veterinary research
- Medicated creams and gels
- Medications
- Paints
- Pesticides
- Petrolatum products
- Plastic
- Rubber
Other names for BHA and BHT:
- BHA
- Butylated Hydroxyanisole
- 2-tert-Butyl-4-methoxyphenol
- 4-Methoxy-2-tert-butylphenol
- Embanox
- Nipantiox 1-F
- Phenol (1,1-dimethylethyl) 4-methoxy
- Sustane l-F
- Tenox
- Vyox
- BOA
- Antioxyne B
- Antrancine 12
- BHT
- Butylated Hydroxytoluene
- 2,6-Bis (1,1 dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol
- 2,6-di-tert-Butyl-4-cresol
- 4-Methyl-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol
- Annulex BHT
- Catalin CAO-3
- DBPC
- Embanox BHT
- Dibutylhydroxytoluene
- Ionol
- Tenox BHT
