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Description:Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) is a flammable, colorless liquid with a disagreeable odor. MTBE was added to gasoline in the 1980s to increase fuel efficiency and decrease pollution. When MTBE started to be detected in groundwater, several states banned its use in gasoline and it has not been added to gasoline in the United States since 2005. However, MTBE is still made in the United States and exported to other countries.
MTBE can also be used to dissolve gallstones in patients for which surgical options are too risky. Patients treated in this way have MTBE delivered directly to their gall bladders through special tubes that are surgically inserted. MTBE has not been approved for medical use in the United States since 2015, but is still used as a non-surgical option in some countries.
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