Mercury, elemental
CAS: 7439-97-6 | Type: heavy_metal
Low To Moderate Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Low To Moderate
Risk (Children)Low To Moderate
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 3 | California Prop 65 listed
NGO listOn the TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors (The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, a non-governmental list; last updated September 2018). This is a list membership, not a regulatory classification. Source: the TEDX List export (publisher's page)
Molecular FormulaHg
Molecular Weight200.59
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monographs Volume 58: Beryllium, Cadmium, Mercury, and Exposures in the Glass Manufacturing Industry — Methylmercury Compounds Group 2B; Inorganic Mercury Compounds Group 3 (1993) REGULATORY · 1993
- CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Mercury compounds [except (organo) alkyls] (as Hg) REGULATORY
- Subpart D—Occupational Health and Environmental Controls REGULATORY
- § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
- GUIDANCE FOR IDENTIFYING POPULATIONS AT RISK FROM MERCURY EXPOSURE REGULATORY
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- Mercury, elemental | CASRN 7439-97-6 | DTXSID1024172 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part II: Health Canada Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs) and Chemical-Specific Factors, Version 2.0 REGULATORY
- 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
- OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
- where to look Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 23931; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- where to look EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID1024172 (Mercury, elemental) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
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