Tetrachloroethylene (PERC)
CAS: 127-18-4 | Type: solvent
Severe Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Severe
Risk (Children)Severe
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2A | 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 FormulaC2Cl4
Molecular Weight165.8
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- where to look IARC Monographs Volume 106: Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, and Some Other Chlorinated Agents REGULATORY · 2014
- US EPA IRIS: Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) — Toxicological Review (Final) REGULATORY · 2012
- ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Tetrachloroethylene REPORT · 2019
- Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) | CASRN 127-18-4 | DTXSID2021319 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
- Guidelines for drinking-water quality: fourth edition incorporating the first, second and third addenda REGULATORY
- PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- Substances Listed in the Fifteenth Report on Carcinogens REGULATORY
- Federal Contaminated Site Risk Assessment in Canada, Part II: Health Canada Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs) and Chemical-Specific Factors, Version 2.0 REGULATORY
- identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
- where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 31373) PUBCHEM
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Tetrachloroethylene REGULATORY
- L_2017027EN.01011501.xml 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
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 31373; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- Toxicological Profile for Tetrachloroethylene (ATSDR, June 2019) ASSESSMENT
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID2021319 (Tetrachloroethylene (PERC)) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
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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