Potassium cyanide

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

No citations are recorded specifically for the human adult context, so the record-wide source list is shown. It backs the record, not this particular band.

• Potassium Cyanide KCN Toxicologically Equivalent NaCN CN- HCN; Electroplating Gold Silver Jewelry; L-Pill Espionage WWII Suicide Capsule; Cyanogenic Glycosides Amygdalin Bitter Almond; EU CLP Acute Tox 2 H300 H310 H330 Aquatic Acute 1; OSHA PSM TQ 100 lb EPA RMP; Antidote Hydroxocobalamin Nitrite Thiosulfate; EPA Effluent Guidelines 40 CFR 413 Electroplating; Wastewater Alkaline Chlorination Cyanate Destruction REGULATORY · 2020
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards — Sodium cyanide / Potassium cyanide / HCN REGULATORY · 2019
• OSHA PEL — cyanide salts (29 CFR 1910.1000 Table Z-1) REGULATORY · 2020
• ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Cyanide (HCN, NaCN, KCN) REGULATORY · 2006
• § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
• Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration REGULATORY
• CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Potassium cyanide (as CN) REGULATORY
• Subpart D—Occupational Health and Environmental Controls REGULATORY
• Potassium cyanide | CASRN 151-50-8 | DTXSID0024268 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
• Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
• CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
• identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
• PubChem computed properties for CID 9032 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 9032) PUBCHEM
• L_2017027EN.01011501.xml REGULATORY
• where to look EPA ECOTOX Knowledgebase ASCII release ecotox_ascii_09_15_2026 DATABASE
• OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
• where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 9032; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 9032; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 9032; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID0024268 (Potassium cyanide) REFERENCE
• PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 9032 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026

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