Nitrous oxide

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.

• PubChem DATABASE · 2026
• NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit — Waste Anesthetic Gases (N2O 25 ppm TWA) REGULATORY · 1977
• OSHA Anesthetic Gases — Guidelines for Workplace Exposures (medical/dental N2O) REGULATORY · 2000
• Rowland et al. — Reduced fertility and pregnancy loss among female dental assistants exposed to N2O PRIMARY_LITERATURE · 1992
• FDA warning — recreational N2O ('whippets') subacute combined-degeneration B12 myeloneuropathy REGULATORY · 2024
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards: Nitrous oxide REGULATORY
• PubChem computed properties for CID 948 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
• OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
• where to look PubChem: Experimental Properties section (CID 948) PUBCHEM
• where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 948; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID8021066 (Nitrous oxide) REFERENCE
• PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 948 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026

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