Ethylene Glycol

**Definition:** A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.

**Tree numbers:** - D02.033.455.250.268

**Synonyms:** - 2-Hydroxyethanol - Monoethylene Glycol - 1,2-Ethanediol