Benz[a]anthracene
CAS: 56-55-3 | Type: combustion_product
High Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)High
Regulatory Status
SummaryIARC: Group 2B | California Prop 65 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 FormulaC18H12
Molecular Weight228.3
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monographs Volume 92: Some Non-heterocyclic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Some Related Exposures — PAH Individual Compound Classifications (Group 1/2A/2B/3) REGULATORY · 2010
- US EPA IRIS: Benz[a]anthracene — Carcinogenicity Assessment, Oral Slope Factor (0.12/mg/kg-day), Inhalation Unit Risk, and Relative Potency Factor (RPF = 0.1 vs BaP) REGULATORY · 1994
- PROPOSITION 65 LIST OF CARCINOGENS OR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS REGULATORY · 2026
- IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
- Benz[a]anthracene | CASRN 56-55-3 | DTXSID5023902 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- Substances Listed in the Fifteenth Report on Carcinogens REGULATORY
- US EPA, Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories Tables (2018 Edition) 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 ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 5954; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID5023902 (Benz[a]anthracene) REFERENCE
- ECHA Annex VI to CLP: the unofficial Excel table (up to and including the 23rd ATP) REGULATORY
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