PHENOL
Antimicrobial Agent; Cosmetic Biocide; Denaturant; Deodorant Agent; Exfoliant; ExternalAnalgesic; Fragrance Ingredient; Oral Health Care Drug; Preservative
Also listed as
PHENOL,; BENZENOL; CARBOLIC ACID; HYDROXYBENZENE; LIQUID PHENOL; OXYBENZENE; PHENYL ALCOHOL; ACIDE CARBOLIQUE (FRENCH) ; BENZENOL; CARBOLIC ACID; CARBOLSAURE (GERMAN)
Given the incomplete information made available by companies and the government, EWG provides additional information on personal care product ingredients from the published scientific literature. The chart below indicates that research studies have found that exposure to this ingredient -- not the products containing it -- caused the indicated health effect(s) in the studies reviewed by Skin Deep researchers. Actual health risks, if any, will vary based on the level of exposure to the ingredient and individual susceptibility -- information not available in Skin Deep.
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 | Cancer |
 | Developmental/reproductive toxicity |
 | Violations, restrictions & warnings |
 | Allergies/immunotoxicity |
| Contamination concerns |
| Other strong concerns for this ingredient: Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Occupational hazards |
| Other moderate concerns for this ingredient: Neurotoxicity, Persistence and bioaccumulation, Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs) |
| Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient: Ecotoxicology, Data gaps |
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About PHENOL: Phenol is the aromatic compound. In the United States, Phenol may be used as an active ingredient in OTC drug products. When used as an active drug ingredient, the established name is Phenol. See "Regulatory and Ingredient Use Information," regarding the labeling names for U.S. OTC Drug Ingredients in Volume 1, Introduction, Part A.
PHENOL has reported used in the following product types: lip balm (30); sunscreen: lip balm (14); oral pain relief (8); anti-itch/rash cream (5); hemorrhoids (4); diaper cream (3); wound treatment (3); dandruff/scalp treatment (2); pain relief (2); after sun product (2)
Violations, restrictions & warnings
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Violation of government restrictions - Banned or found unsafe for use in cosmetics | Canada - Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetics Ingredients | |
| Restricted in cosmetics (recommendations or requirements) - use, concentration, or manufacturing restrictions - Japan - restricted for use in cosmetics (concentration limit) | Japan's Standards for Cosmetics |
Neurotoxicity
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Strong evidence of human neurotoxicity | Chemicals known to be neurotoxic to humans | |
| One or more animal studies show brain and nervous system effects at very low doses | RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W 1969 | |
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Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Known human respiratory toxicant | EPA Hazardous Air Pollutants | |
| One or more animal studies show sense organ effects at very low doses | products for use around the eyes, mouth, or lips | RTECS®- Union Carbide Data Sheet 1966 |
| One or more animal studies show respiratory effects at very low doses | products that may be aerosolized (airborne) | RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W 1969 |
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Developmental/reproductive toxicity
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Human nervous system toxicant - moderate evidence | Chemicals known to be neurotoxic to humans | |
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Occupational hazards
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to low doses | European Union - Classification & Labelling | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2005 | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- MSHA STANDARD-air: 3,203,1971 | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Gen Indu): 29,1910 1994 | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Construc): 29,1926 1994 | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Shipyard): 29,1915 1993 | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Fed Cont): 41,50-204 1994 | |
| Allowed workplace exposures restricted to moderate doses | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 | |
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Persistence and bioaccumulation
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Persistent, bioaccumulative in wildlife | Emerging PBTs from peer-reviewed literature | |
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Cancer
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Cancer - not classifiable/not likely to be human carcinogen | EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) | |
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Irritation (skin, eyes, or lungs)
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| One or more animal studies show skin irritation at very low doses | RTECS®- Union Carbide Data Sheet 1966 | |
| One or more animal studies show skin irritation at very low doses | RTECS®- Toxicology and Industrial Health 2001 | |
| One or more animal studies show skin irritation at very low doses | RTECS®- BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc 1973 | |
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Ecotoxicology
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Wildlife and environmental toxicity | EPA Clean Water Act - Priority Pollutants | |
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Data gaps
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Not assessed for safety in cosmetics by industry panel | ||
| Insufficient data to determine safety | EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) | |
| 6,470 studies on toxicity in PubMed see search results -> | PubMed |
Multiple, additive exposure sources
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Designated as safe for general or specific, limited use in food | FDA Everything Added to Food |
Miscellaneous
| type of concern | product conditions | reference |
| Occupational hazards related to handling | European Union - Classification & Labelling |
Government, industry, academic studies and classifications
| government/industry list/academic study | appears on list as | classification(s) |
| European Union - Classification & Labelling | PHENOL | •Possible risk of irreversible effects •Toxic •Toxic by inhalation, skin contact, and ingestion •Harmful •Harmful: danger of serious damage to health by prolonged exposure through inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed •Corrosive •Causes burns |
| Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics | PHENOL | • o |
| Canada - Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetics Ingredients | PHENOL | •Prohibited from use in Canadian cosmetics |
| CHE Toxicant and Disease Database | CARBOLIC ACID | •Limited evidence in humans: renal system toxicity; Condition: acute tubular necrosis; Organs/tissues affected: kidney |
| EPA Clean Water Act - Priority Pollutants | PHENOL | •Priority water pollutant under the Clean Water Act |
| FDA Everything Added to Food | PHENOL | • Fully up-to-date toxicology information has been sought. |
| Environmental Canada Domestic Substance List | PHENOL | •This chemical was NOT flagged by CEPA for further attention. The chemical was flagged for as a low human health priority. |
| EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) | PHENOL | Data are inadequate for an assessment of human carcinogenic potential |
| EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) | PHENOL | •Group D: Not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity (EPA classification) |
| European Commission on Endocrine Disruption | PHENOL | HH-CAT3;WF-CAT3 |
| EPA Hazardous Air Pollutants | PHENOL | •Hazardous air pollutant under Clean Air Act |
| National Library of Medicine HazMap | PHENOL | •Skin Designation (ACGIH) - Danger of cutaneous absorption (ACGIH): Yes; •Dermatotoxin: Skin Burns; •Hepatotoxin: Hepatotoxin, Secondary; •Methemoglobinemia: Methemoglobinemia, Secondary; •PEL (OSHA) - Permissible exposure limit (OSHA): 5 ppm; •RD50 - Concentration producing a 50% decrease in respiratory rate in experimental animals following a 10-minute exposure: 166 ppm; •TLV (ACGIH) - Threshold limit value (ACGIH): 5 ppm; •BEI - Biological Exposure Indices (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygiene, ACGIH): Total phenol in urine = 250 mg/g creatinine; end of shift;; •Flammability (NFPA) - NFPA flammability code: 0 = will not burn; 1 = must be preheated; 2 = high ambient temp required; 3 = may ignite at ambient temp; 4 = burn readily: 2: high ambient temperature required; •IDLH (NIOSH) - Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health: 250 ppm; •Odor Threshold High - The lowest concentration at which a substance can be detected or recognized using the sense of smell: 1 ppm;OL: 0.0045 pp |
| Int'l Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Carcinogens | PHENOL | •IARC Group 3 (no cancer link) |
| EPA Categorized List of Inert Pesticide Ingredients | PHENOL | •Pesticide inerts of toxicological concern according to EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) |
| Japan's Standards for Cosmetics | PHENOL | •Japan - restricted for use in cosmetics (concentration limit) |
| Chemicals known to be neurotoxic to humans | PHENOL | •Known to be neurotoxic to humans, suspected developmental neurotoxin |
| Emerging PBTs from peer-reviewed literature | CARBOLIC ACID | •Persistent, bioaccumulative toxicant - Limited or emerging evidence in open scientific literature |
| EPA Toxic Release Inventory PBTs | CARBOLIC ACID | •Toxic, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory programs |
| US EPA, Air Risk Information Support Center, 2003 | PHENOL | •Cardiovascular or blood toxicity hazards: suspected |
| US EPA, Air Risk Information Support Center, 2000 | PHENOL | •Respiratory toxicity hazards: suspected |
| US EPA, Air Risk Information Support Center, 2003 | PHENOL | •Gastrointestinal or liver toxicity hazards: suspected |
| US EPA, 9204 | PHENOL | •Developmental toxicity hazards: suspected |
| California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, 2003 | PHENOL | •Kidney toxicity hazards: suspected |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2005 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - ACGIH TLV (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- "Practical Toxicology of Plastics," Lefaux, R 1968 | PHENOL | • brain and nervous system - Hallucinations, distorted perceptions ( human LDLo) • skin - Sweating ( human LDLo) |
| RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W 1969 | PHENOL | • respiratory - Cyanosis (infant LDLo) • brain and nervous system - Muscle weakness (infant LDLo) |
| RTECS®- American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems (rabbit bmr) |
| RTECS®- American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems (rabbit bmr) |
| RTECS®- Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung 1981 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition (mouse orl) |
| RTECS®- Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung 1981 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition (mouse orl) |
| RTECS®- BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc 1973 | PHENOL | • skin - Primary skin irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- Cancer Research 1959 | PHENOL | • cancer - skin neoplasms (mouse TD) • cancer - skin tumors (mouse TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Cancer Research 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems ( human lym) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sister Chromatid Exchange ( human lym) |
| RTECS®- Cancer Research 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems ( human lym) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sister Chromatid Exchange ( human lym) |
| RTECS®- Cell Biology and Toxicology 1986 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems (mouse oth) |
| RTECS®- Cell Biology and Toxicology 1986 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems (mouse oth) |
| RTECS®- EHP, Environmental Health Perspectives 1989 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (hamster lng) |
| RTECS®- EHP, Environmental Health Perspectives 1989 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (hamster lng) |
| RTECS®- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 1995 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (hamster ovr) |
| RTECS®- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 1995 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (hamster ovr) |
| RTECS®- JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Unscheduled DNA Synthesis (rat orl) |
| RTECS®- Journal of Fish Biology 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (other fish mul) |
| RTECS®- Journal of Fish Biology 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (other fish mul) |
| RTECS®- Kyushu Shika Gakkai Zasshi 1980 | PHENOL | • skin - Primary skin irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- Kyushu Shika Gakkai Zasshi 1980 | PHENOL | • skin - Primary skin irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- Molecular Pharmacology 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition (mouse lym) |
| RTECS®- Molecular Pharmacology 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition (mouse lym) |
| RTECS®- MSHA STANDARD-air: 3,203,1971 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - MSHA STANDARD-air (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- Mutagenesis 1987 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Gene Conversion and Mitotic Recombination ( Aspergillis nidulans ) |
| RTECS®- Mutagenesis 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Mammalian Somatic Cells (mouse lym) |
| RTECS®- Mutagenesis 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition (hamster lng) |
| RTECS®- Mutagenesis 1987 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Gene Conversion and Mitotic Recombination ( Aspergillis nidulans ) |
| RTECS®- Mutagenesis 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Mammalian Somatic Cells (mouse lym) |
| RTECS®- Mutagenesis 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition (hamster lng) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Damage (mouse lym) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (mouse orl) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (mouse ipr) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1997 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Morphological Transform (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Mammalian Somatic Cells (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sister Chromatid Exchange (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Unscheduled DNA Synthesis (hamster emb) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 2001 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Micro-organism (other micro-organisms ) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 2004 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (hamster emb) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 2008 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis ( human oth) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1981 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Micro-organism (Salmonella typhimurium ) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Damage (mouse lym) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (mouse orl) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1988 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (mouse ipr) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1997 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Morphological Transform (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Mammalian Somatic Cells (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sister Chromatid Exchange (hamster emb) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Unscheduled DNA Synthesis (hamster emb) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 2001 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Micro-organism (other micro-organisms ) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 2004 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Micronucleus test (hamster emb) |
| RTECS®- Mutation Research 1981 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Micro-organism (Salmonella typhimurium ) |
| RTECS®- National Technical Information Service 7726 | PHENOL | • reproductive - Fetotoxicity (mouse TDLo) • reproductive - Post-implantation mortality (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- National Technical Information Service 7777 | PHENOL | • reproductive - Other effects (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- National Technical Information Service 3554 | PHENOL | • reproductive - Other effects (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- National Technical Information Service 7726 | PHENOL | • reproductive - Fetotoxicity (rat TDLo) • reproductive - Post-implantation mortality (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- National Technical Information Service 4461 | PHENOL | • reproductive - Fetotoxicity (mouse TDLo) • reproductive - Musculoskeletal system (mouse TDLo) • reproductive - Post-implantation mortality (mouse TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Nature 1946 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sex Chromosome Loss and Nondisjunction (Drosophila melanogaster ovr) |
| RTECS®- Nature 1946 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sex Chromosome Loss and Nondisjunction (Drosophila melanogaster ovr) |
| RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Construc): 29,1926 1994 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - OSHA PEL (Construc) (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Fed Cont): 41,50-204 1994 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - OSHA PEL (Fed Cont) (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Gen Indu): 29,1910 1994 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - OSHA PEL (Gen Indu) (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- OSHA PEL (Shipyard): 29,1915 1993 | PHENOL | • occupationally related - OSHA PEL (Shipyard) (human TWA) |
| RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1962 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Damage (mammal lym) |
| RTECS®- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1962 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Damage (mammal lym) |
| RTECS®- Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 1935 | PHENOL | • brain and nervous system - Convulsions or effect on seizure threshold (rat LD50) |
| RTECS®- Sangyo Igaku 1974 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition ( human hla) |
| RTECS®- Sangyo Igaku 1974 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: DNA Inhibition ( human hla) |
| RTECS®- Science 1987 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Micro-organism (mouse lym) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (hamster ovr) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sister Chromatid Exchange (hamster ovr) |
| RTECS®- Science 1987 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Mutation in Micro-organism (mouse lym) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Cytogenetic Analysis (hamster ovr) • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: Sister Chromatid Exchange (hamster ovr) |
| RTECS®- Teratology, The International Journal of Abnormal Development 1986 | PHENOL | • reproductive - Fetotoxicity (mouse TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Toxicologist 1999 | PHENOL | • metabolic - Weight loss or decreased weight gain (rat TDLo) • brain and nervous system - Fluid intake (rat TDLo) • brain and nervous system - Food intake (animal) (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 1971 | PHENOL | • reproductive - Fetotoxicity (rat TDLo) |
| RTECS®- Toxicology and Industrial Health 2001 | PHENOL | • skin - Primary skin irritant (pig ) |
| RTECS®- Toxicology 1982 | PHENOL | • sense organ - Primary eye irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- Toxicology 1982 | PHENOL | • sense organ - Primary eye irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- Union Carbide Data Sheet 1966 | PHENOL | • sense organ - Primary eye irritant (rabbit ) • skin - Primary skin irritant (rabbit ) |
| RTECS®- Water Research 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems ( human hla) |
| RTECS®- Water Research 1985 | PHENOL | • mutagenic - Positive mutation assay: other mutation test systems ( human hla) |
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| Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics | AOEC (Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics). 2009. AEOC exposures codes and asthmagen designation. |
| Canada - Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetics Ingredients | Health Canada. 2007. List of Prohibited and Restricted Cosmetic Ingredients. Canada's Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist. March 2007. |
| CHE Toxicant and Disease Database | CHE (The Collaborative on Health and the Environment). 2006. Toxicant and Disease Database. |
| EPA Clean Water Act - Priority Pollutants | |
| FDA Everything Added to Food | FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). 2008. EAFUS [Everything Added to Food]: A Food Additive Database. FDA Office of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. |
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| EPA Categorized List of Inert Pesticide Ingredients | EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 1987 & 2005. Office of Pesticide Programs. Inert (other) Pesticide Ingredients in Pesticide Products - Categorized List of Inert (other) Pesticide Ingredients. |
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| Chemicals known to be neurotoxic to humans | Grandjean P and PJ Landrigan. 2006. Developmental neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals. Lancet. 2006 Dec 16;368(9553):2167-78. |
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| Scorecard.org Toxicity Information | US EPA, Air Risk Information Support Center. Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants. http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/hlthef/hapindex.html, California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines, Part III: Technical Support Document 'Determination of Noncancer Chronic Reference Exposure Levels'. Includes all Chronic Reference Exposure Levels (CRELs) adopted by OEHHA as of August 2003 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/AllChrels.html, plus draft CRELS proposed through March 2004 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/index.html. |
| Scorecard.org Toxicity Information | US EPA. Roadmaps to Sources of Information on Chemicals Listed in the Emergency Planning Community and Community Right-to-Know Act (Also Known as SARA Title 3), Section 313 Toxic Release Inventory (for Microcomputers). (Report Number EPADFDK92040). 1991. Data file distributed in 2 diskettes by Office of Pollution, Prevention, and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. NOTE: Datasource no longer being maintained by EPA; not currently available online., Jankovic, J. A Screening Method for Occupational Reproductive Health Risk. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 57: 641-649. 1996. |
| Scorecard.org Toxicity Information | California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Air Toxics Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines, Part III: Technical Support Document 'Determination of Noncancer Chronic Reference Exposure Levels'. Includes all Chronic Reference Exposure Levels (CRELs) adopted by OEHHA as of August 2003 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/AllChrels.html, plus draft CRELS proposed through March 2004 (http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/chronic_rels/index.html. |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2005 | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2005 |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2006 |
| RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 | RTECS®- TLV/BEI,2007 |
| RTECS®- "Practical Toxicology of Plastics," Lefaux, R 1968 | RTECS®- "Practical Toxicology of Plastics," Lefaux, R., Cleveland, OH, Chemical Rubber Co., 1968 -,329,1968 |
| RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W 1969 | RTECS®- "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W.B., New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1969 -,463,1969 |
| RTECS®- American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1985 | RTECS®- American Journal of Industrial Medicine. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.1- 1980- 7,485,1985 |
| RTECS®- American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1985 | RTECS®- American Journal of Industrial Medicine. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.1- 7,485,1985 |
| RTECS®- Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung 1981 | RTECS®- Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung. (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit Neue Gruenstr. 18, Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1- 1949- 51,605,1981 |
| RTECS®- Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung 1981 | RTECS®- Archiv fuer Geschwulstforschung. (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit Neue Gruenstr. 18, Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1- 51,605,1981 |
| RTECS®- BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc 1973 | RTECS®- BIOFAX Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, Inc., Data Sheets. (1810 Frontage Rd., Northbrook, IL 60062) 27-4/1973 |
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