BDE-47 (2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether)
CAS: 5436-43-1
Moderate Risk (Adults)
Safety Summary
Hazard Profilehazardous
Risk (Adults)Moderate
Risk (Children)Moderate To High
Regulatory Status
SummaryStockholm Convention 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 FormulaC12H6Br4O
Molecular Weight485.79
Sources
These citations are the ones recorded for the human adult context.
- IARC Monographs Volume 107: Some Chemicals Used as Solvents and in Polymer Manufacture — Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) Group 2B; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and hexabromocyclododecane evaluated as persistent halogenated flame retardants (2016) REGULATORY · 2016
- US EPA: Contaminant Candidate List 5 (CCL5) — Final List of Unregulated Contaminants for Regulatory Evaluation under SDWA (2022); includes nickel, cobalt, vanadium, PFAS, and 97 additional chemical and microbial contaminants REGULATORY · 2022
- 2,2',4,4'-Tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) | CASRN 5436-43-1 | DTXSID3030056 | IRIS | US EPA, ORD REGULATORY
- Stockholm Convention: All POPs (the Convention's own list of listed chemicals, Annexes A, B and C) REGULATORY
- Stockholm Convention: The New POPs (the Convention's own index of listed chemicals) REGULATORY
- Toxicological Profile for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) (ATSDR, March 2017) ASSESSMENT
- 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
- OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
- EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID3030056 (BDE-47 (2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether)) 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.
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