Asbestos

CAS: 1332-21-4 | Type: environmental_contaminant

Extreme Risk (Adults)

Safety Summary

Hazard Profilehazardous

Risk (Adults)Extreme

Risk (Children)Extreme

Regulatory Status

SummaryIARC: Group 1 | California Prop 65 listed

Food Safety Thresholds (Baby Food)

CA_Prop65 — SubstanceNo level set (disclosure mandate, not a level)

US_NTP — SubstanceNo level set (hazard_classification)

Governance status, not safety advice — see the full coverage-gap & legal-force matrix.

Sources

These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.

IARC Monographs Volume 100C: Asbestos (Chrysotile, Amosite, Crocidolite, Tremolite, Actinolite, and Anthophyllite) REGULATORY · 2012
US EPA IRIS: Asbestos — Carcinogenicity Assessment (Group A, human carcinogen; CASRN 1332-21-4) REGULATORY · 1988
§ 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
§ 1910.1001 Asbestos. REGULATORY
PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
Substances Listed in the Fifteenth Report on Carcinogens REGULATORY
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Asbestos (1332-21-4) (reached from the NPG CAS index npgdcas.html, archived 2026-09-25) REGULATORY
Consolidated TEXT: 32008R1272 — EN — 01.07.2026 (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, CLP; the consolidation applicable on 2026-09-26) REGULATORY
ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
Asbestos REGULATORY

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