PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)

CAS: 335-67-1 | Type: organic_pollutant

Severe Risk (Adults)

Safety Summary

Hazard Profilehazardous

Risk (Adults)Severe

Risk (Children)Severe

Regulatory Status

SummaryIARC: Group 1 | California Prop 65 listed | Stockholm Convention listed | REACH SVHC (Candidate List)

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 FormulaC8HF15O2

Molecular Weight414.07

Food Safety Thresholds (Baby Food)

United States (FDA) — Drinking WaterNo level set (binding maximum)

CA_Prop65 — SubstanceNo level set (disclosure mandate, not a level)

Governance status, not safety advice — see the full coverage-gap & legal-force matrix.

Sources

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

IARC Monographs Volume 135: Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) REGULATORY · 2023
US EPA: PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation; PFOA MCL 4 ppt, MCLG zero REGULATORY · 2024
PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) (secondary: unofficial by its own statement) REGULATORY
Stockholm Convention: All POPs (the Convention's own list of listed chemicals, Annexes A, B and C) REGULATORY
Stockholm Convention: The New POPs (the Convention's own index of listed chemicals) REGULATORY
where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 9554) PUBCHEM
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
EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID8031865 (PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)) REFERENCE

Same data as the API response, which is open and needs no key. The full per-record source list is available to authenticated callers.

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