Dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN)

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

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

• US EPA: Contaminant Candidate List 5 (CCL5) — Unregulated Drinking Water Contaminants for Potential Future Regulation, Including Haloacetonitriles, Nitrosamines, and Other DBPs (2022) REGULATORY · 2022
• WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality (4th edition, incorporating the 1st and 2nd addenda, 2022) — Disinfection Byproducts: THMs, HAAs, Chlorite, Bromate, Chloral Hydrate; Guideline Values and Health Basis REGULATORY · 2022
• IARC Monographs, List of Classifications REGULATORY · 2026
• OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
• where to look CAMEO Chemicals, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 18177; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 18177; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID3021562 (Dichloroacetonitrile (DCAN)) 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.