Sodium nitrate

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.

• IARC Monographs Volume 94: Ingested Nitrate and Nitrite, and Cyanobacterial Peptide Toxins REGULATORY · 2010
• EFSA Re-evaluation of Sodium and Potassium Nitrate (E249-E252) as Food Additives — Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) framework + EFSA-CONTAM Panel cured-meat-cohort opinion REGULATORY · 2017
• IARC Monographs Volume 114 — Red Meat and Processed Meat (Processed Meat classified Group 1 Carcinogenic to Humans for colorectal cancer; canonical sodium-nitrate + nitrite + N-nitroso-compound endogenous-formation framework) REGULATORY · 2018
• ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Nitrate and Nitrite REGULATORY · 2017
• US EPA National Primary Drinking Water Regulations — Nitrate (NO3⁻) MCL 10 mg/L as N + 1 mg/L Nitrite as N + acute-methemoglobinemia infant + agricultural-runoff cohort framework REGULATORY · 2024
• Consolidated TEXT: 32008R1333 — EN — 18.08.2026 REGULATORY
• Guidelines for drinking-water quality: fourth edition incorporating the first, second and third addenda REGULATORY
• L_2020435EN.01000101.xml REGULATORY
• where to look IARC Monographs — Monographs available (index) REGULATORY · 2026
• 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 24268 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 24268) PUBCHEM
• 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 24268; 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 24268; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 24268 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026

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