Carbon tetrachloride
CAS: 56-23-5 | Type: solvent
High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)High
Risk (Children)High
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2B | California Prop 65 listed | EPA IRIS: Likely to be carcinogenic to humans
Molecular FormulaCCl4
Molecular Weight153.8
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monographs Volume 71: Carbon Tetrachloride REGULATORY · 1999
- US EPA IRIS: Carbon Tetrachloride — Toxicological Review (Final) REGULATORY · 2010
- ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Carbon Tetrachloride REPORT · 2005
- Carbon tetrachloride | CASRN 56-23-5 | DTXSID8020250 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Carbon tetrachloride REGULATORY
- Subpart D—Occupational Health and Environmental Controls REGULATORY
- § 1910.1000 Air contaminants. REGULATORY
- Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 | Occupational Safety and Health Administration REGULATORY
- Carbon tetrachloride; CASRN 56-23-5 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
- US EPA, Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories Tables (2018 Edition) 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 5943) PUBCHEM
- L_2017027EN.01011501.xml REGULATORY
- where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 5943; 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 5943; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID8020250 (Carbon tetrachloride) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
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