Nickel (elemental)

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

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

• IARC Monographs Volume 100C: Arsenic, Metals, Fibres and Dusts — Chromium (VI) Compounds Group 1 (Lung Cancer, Nasal/Sinus Cancer), Nickel Compounds Group 1, Beryllium Group 1 (2012) REGULATORY · 2012
• US EPA: Contaminant Candidate List 5 (CCL5) — Final List of Unregulated Contaminants for Regulatory Evaluation under SDWA (2022); includes nickel, cobalt, vanadium, PFAS, and 97 additional chemical and microbial contaminants REGULATORY · 2022
• CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Nickel metal and other compounds (as Ni) REGULATORY
• § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
• PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
• IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
• Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part II: Health Canada Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs) and Chemical-Specific Factors, Version 2.0 REGULATORY
• ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) (secondary: unofficial by its own statement) REGULATORY
• identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
• TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors, full export (Excel from the publisher's own search, operator-saved 2026-10-08; list last updated September 2018) REFERENCE_DATABASE

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