Usage of APEO: Alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether is an important polyoxyethylene-type nonionic surfactant with excellent penetration, emulsification, dispersion, wetting and cleaning, etc. It is widely used in daily-use chemical industry, papermaking, metallurgy, textile, petroleum, and personal care products because of its stable nature, acid and alkali resistance, and low cost;
Hazards of APEO: APEO is stable in nature, poor biodegradability, easy to aggregate and produce toxicity.NPEO degradation products are nonylphenol NP, octylphenol OP, and short-chain NPEO1 and NPEO2, whose toxicity increases gradually with the continuation of the degradation.APEO is an environmental hormone, which can invade into the human body, produce estrogen-like effects, irritation of the eyes and skin. APEO is an environmental hormone that can invade the human body, produce estrogen-like effects, irritate the eyes and skin, cause pain, teratogenicity and mutagenicity, and jeopardize the normal hormone secretion of the human body, in addition to being toxic to aquatic organisms.
