Saxitoxin (STX)

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

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

• US FDA/CFSAN: Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) — Saxitoxin, Regulatory Limits (0.8 mg STX eq/kg), National Shellfish Sanitation Program Monitoring, and Human Dose-Response (2023) REGULATORY · 2023
• EFSA Panel on Contaminants: Scientific Opinion on Marine Biotoxins — Paralytic Shellfish Toxins (PST), Acute Reference Dose (0.5 μg STX eq/kg bw), European Shellfish Monitoring, and Ecological Impacts (EFSA Journal 2009;1306) REGULATORY · 2009
• OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
• Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
• EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID3074313 (Saxitoxin (STX)) REFERENCE

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